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re: Amtrak Mardi Gras. Check out the federal subsidies to open & operate.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 7:43 pm to LSURussian
Posted on 8/25/25 at 7:43 pm to LSURussian
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All those interstate highways were 100% funded by taxpayers
The people that complain about Amtrak subsidies are the same people that melt down about toll roads
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 7:57 pm to LSURussian
quote:CSX Transportation doesn’t own and control traffic on I-10.
All those interstate highways were 100% funded by taxpayers...
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:41 pm to AncientTiger
If it were to link all way to the east coast trains, cool, but I don’t think the Mobile limits does many people good
Posted on 8/25/25 at 10:33 pm to kingbob
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Does it have a shuttle running from Mobile to Orange Beach/Gulf Shores? If not, it's pretty useless.
I would think it would stop in a few beach towns along the way (I.e. Biloxi. Perdido, Orange Beach, etc.).
ETA: It stops in Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport and Pascagoula.
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 8/25/25 at 10:38 pm to AncientTiger
Amtrak Mardi Gras is kind of gay. Are the going to have an entire holiday themed line? Amtrak to Massachusetts...The Amtrak Halloween. Amtrak to Chicago...the Amtrak Kwanzaa. Amtrak Easter. Amtrak Christmas.
Just call it the Crescent City Express like the one from Birmingham to New Orleans and rename the Birmingham one Crescent City We Will Get There Eventually.
Just call it the Crescent City Express like the one from Birmingham to New Orleans and rename the Birmingham one Crescent City We Will Get There Eventually.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:20 am to LSUFanHouston
For roads we pay tax on gasoline. Truckers pay a lot, gas and weight. It's public owned and should break even, even after the Government siphons money off the top for other expenditures
Back in the 60s the Feds finally stopped forcing the railroads to maintain passenger service. When it was officially signed, it stopped immediately. Example L&N took their rail passengers off the train in Birmingham and put them on buses to their destination .
Back in the 60s the Feds finally stopped forcing the railroads to maintain passenger service. When it was officially signed, it stopped immediately. Example L&N took their rail passengers off the train in Birmingham and put them on buses to their destination .
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:25 am to LSUFanHouston
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The people that complain about Amtrak subsidies are the same people that melt down about toll roads
Publicly funded or private?
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:33 am to LSUFanHouston
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The people that complain about Amtrak subsidies are the same people that melt down about toll roads
sigh
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:56 am to mauser
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If passenger rail for a run from Mobile to NO would be profitable, then the private railroad would run it
Which private rail company do you have in mind?
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:00 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Publicly funded or private?
People on here complain about both
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:11 am to AncientTiger
Amtrak will never even sell $7million in tickets for this rail service, much less on an annual basis.
I also don’t see any national interest in spending money on this rail line so am against the entire funding of this. If the sections of the rail line are important to private industry then let industry fund it.
I also don’t see any national interest in spending money on this rail line so am against the entire funding of this. If the sections of the rail line are important to private industry then let industry fund it.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:41 am to udtiger
I don't. Could CSX do it? Why would they want to? It's not profitable. It will be a novelty run that loses money.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:56 am to AncientTiger
7 million annual subsidy and $15 / ticket, you would have to sell 1200 tickets/day to break even.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:01 am to mauser
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For roads we pay tax on gasoline.
You'd have gravel roads if gas tax had to pay for the roads.
Feds stopped helping railroads and forced cars on everyone. Still subsidizing the auto industry to this day.
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 8:02 am
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:25 am to fightin tigers
We use 376 million gallons of gas per day. 30 to 50 cents tax per gallon of gas. Plenty of money. Over 100 million per day. The gas tax money is siphoned off for other expenses.
"Forced cars on everyone" - People have been saving to buy cars since they hit the market over 100 years ago.
"Forced cars on everyone" - People have been saving to buy cars since they hit the market over 100 years ago.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:33 am to mauser
By your own math....
376MM gallons of gasoline
$0.18/g federal tax on gasoline
$68MM/day
$24.7B per year.
2022 -- $52B in fed spending on roads.
So, no. Gas tax doesn't cover it.
376MM gallons of gasoline
$0.18/g federal tax on gasoline
$68MM/day
$24.7B per year.
2022 -- $52B in fed spending on roads.
So, no. Gas tax doesn't cover it.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:34 am to LSURussian
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All those interstate highways were 100% funded by taxpayers...
As they should be. We all use them/need them. No one is going to use this train filled with ghetto trash. Just like every other public transportation.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:35 am to jnethe1
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jnethe1
Going to guess you have never used public transportation
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:38 am to AncientTiger
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Seems excessive to me.
To do any business in Louisiana you have to grease the skids, if you know what I mean.
One third of that money will go to "consultants".
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:42 am to fightin tigers
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Going to guess you have never used public transportation
More times that I care to. Live in Houston. They have ruined the galleria area with their commitment to public transportation. Not to mention that the trash brought there has turned that area into a shithole.
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