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> Is the US interstate system economically viable? Yes, absolutely, in fact the US government did their own study on this question https://highways.dot.gov/pu
by rs999gti 4y ago
> Is the US interstate system economically viable?
Yes, absolutely, in fact the US government did their own study on this question
https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/spring-1996/economic-importance-national-highway-system https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/spring-1996/economic-i...
- ryan_lane 4y agoYou're referencing the economic output of the interstate, but there's roughly the same studies with the same conclusions made about the train system. The folks I was responding to were discussing the direct economics of maintaining and operating the trains, and not their economic benefits. No one pays money to use the interstate, why should they need to pay money to use the train?