Tighter airport security and higher gas prices appear to be boosting Amtrak ridership in the Northeast, the South and Midwest. Trains in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New England saw double-digit jumps in ridership. Routes in the West saw the smallest increases, and trains in the Louisiana area had drops because of Hurricane Katrina. (USA Today, Wednesday)
Imagine what a privatized train system could do.
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