http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2006/10/12/for-whom-the-road-tolls/ Getting around the Bay Area with Denis Cuff and the Queen of the Road Tue, 17 May 2011 06:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2006/10/12/for-whom-the-road-tolls/comment-page-1/#comment-276 david vartanoff Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:30:14 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2006/10/12/for-whom-the-road-tolls/#comment-276 El Camino Real was NOT built by the ‘private sector’ and neither were the airports or the Interstates. As to the railroads, almost ALL have been bankrupt at least once often several times. BART was technicly so when half built, the Chunnel is close a second time. All that said, transport is a necessity, thus imho it is incimbent on government to provide, subsidize, encourage, and regulate same in the interest of the citizens. Expecting auch to make “profit” is analogous to seeing police or fire services as profit centers.
As tp HSR, a well designed and implemented TGV would allow reducing airplane flights==a major waste of energy on a per capita basis.

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