> 1) $0.25 gas ended circa 1973 if not before. The car I was driving was either a 1967 Pontiac Firebird with a 4 speed manual transmission and a 400 cubic inch

> 1) $0.25 gas ended circa 1973 if not before. The car I was driving was either a 1967 Pontiac Firebird with a 4 speed manual transmission and a 400 cubic inch engine or a 1969 Camaro with a Turbo 400 three speed automatic transmission, a 396 cubic inch engine, and a 2.56 rear axle ratio. > 2) Sorry about the area of Germany -- I was drawing just from memory from a remark in some history video. I should have looked up the area. I should also add detail to the welfare economics cost/benefit analysis of the Baltimore subway system: The analysis counted the construction cost as $0. The only costs considered were the direct marginal operating costs and the on-going maintenance costs. Still the cost/benefit analysis failed. Net, in the US it is just super tough to make passenger trains pay.