Re: (erielack) Railroads "That Should Never..." A&GW

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One does not compare to the other.  I would not ever set foot on a 
greyhound bus to make a trip from NY to Buffalo.  (Or for that matter 
anywhere else) but I would on a train, especially with fuel prices what 
they are.  A bus in not a train and never will be.  If it is looseing 
patronage it is because it is a poor way to travel.  It has all of the 
drawbacks to a train and none of the perks.

I can't be the only one who thinks that way.

George mason

Philip Martin wrote:
> Jim Guthrie has an interesting post, but the "equal time" concept is a red
> flag for me.  He says: 
> "I think equal time demands the Thruway pay for restoring a daily Phoebe
> Snow to Buffalo to help the Southern Tier economy, but . . ."  
> How would a half-filled passenger train help the economy?  A bus driver
> recently told me that Greyhound has furloughed a lot of drivers; (and New
> York - Buffalo is one of their routes.)  So that form of transit is loosing
> patronage.
> But there's really no such thing as "equal time."  Helping one form of
> transportation doesn't obligate a government to help all others.  
> Where would the money come from; by making the people who drive the Thruway
> pay for the railroad too?  
> Philip Martin   
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