By Bruce K. Chapman, The Washington Times; February 1, 2018
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
President Trump says that his highest legislative priority in 2018 is an infrastructure bill that includes private investments in “roads, rails and regulatory reform.” The best way to enlist the private sector in the passenger rail element of an infrastructure plan is to open the 15 national long-distance corridors and 27 state-supported routes to private competition with Amtrak.
Skeptics suspect that private operations won’t work any better than government-chartered Amtrak. But, for the first time since the bankruptcy of the Penn Central railroad in 1970, private passenger rail is becoming feasible. Investors, states and unions are stepping forward.
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