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Especially since Amtrak (aside from the NE regional line) doesn't provide any service that Greyhound or Megabus don't already provide.
by rhino369 5y ago
Especially since Amtrak (aside from the NE regional line) doesn't provide any service that Greyhound or Megabus don't already provide.
- bombcar 5y agoAmtrak has an extensive bus line to extend their reach - and they can't sell you a ticket on it unless it includes a train segment.
- rhino369 5y agoWe don't need a subsidized government run bus line, the private ones work fine.
- bombcar 5y agoTo be fair, all bus lines are government subsidized, unless one somewhere has built their own roads - maybe the Disney shuttle?
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoIn theory fuel taxes and registration taxes on the buses should cover their share of that cost but the math becomes tricky when you start trying to calculate the time and space value of different road segments.
- monsieurbanana 5y agoHow many businesses are not government subsidised, if we follow your logic?
- kingkawn 5y agoBroad ideologically motivated dismissals of entire avenues of problem solving seem suspect at best
- rhino369 5y agoI would characterize the Amtrak support as ideologically motivated solutions in search of a problem. Other than the NE lines, Amtrak is a pet project.
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- kube-system 5y agoI thought this until I tried to book a ticket recently and found that megabus had cancelled the route I wanted to use entirely.
- ghaff 5y agoJust because a private bus company canceled a route doesn't mean that the government would (or perhaps should) operate routes that don't meet some metric of popularity.
- kube-system 5y agoIt is very common for governments to operate or subsidize unprofitable public transport routes in the name of accessibility.
- ghaff 5y agoYes, but they invariably draw the line somewhere.
- katbyte 5y agoexcept they clearly don't? especially in places that need to be connected but will never be profitable. UK tried it with rail and it didn't go so well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlTq8DbRs4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlTq8DbRs4k
- zeckalpha 5y agoThey are often subcontracted to the private companies.
- leetcrew 5y agogreyhound doesn't provide any service that your own two legs don't provide. it is quite a bit faster though.
- freemint 5y agoThe elderly and disabled disagree.