but didn't make much money. In 1970, Congress created Amtrak to take over passenger services from the freight railroad companies. Amtrak operates corridor services amid major urban areas on the East Coast, Midwest and West Coast. It also offers cross-country services. ...
Blue-collar whites were much more likely than nonwhites to view the poor as a class set apart from the rest of society – trapped in poverty as a more or less permanent condition. Minority Americans, particularly blacks, tended to say that “for most poor people, poverty is a temporary ...
So, what does all this mean for the much-vaunted night train revolution? With the honorable exception of government-subsidized Nightjet, which plans to expand rapidly over the next five years, European night train services have yet to match the hype. Demand is growing, but the enormous difficul...
On Amtrak, your $10 will get you 18 miles. Because it’s a bit more efficient, the government subsidy is a bit less, only $3.75. Regardless, for your $10, you’ll travel twice as far. If you really want to go places, though, you’d be better off jumping in your car. Now ...
Just how much this millimeter wave radiation microwaves your skin is where push comes to shove. But most scientists are in agreement thatany amount of radiation poses at least some level of risk. The public deserves to know both this level of risk and what they can do to minimize or elimin...
Amtrak passengers. Under federal law, all claims arising from Amtrak passengers, even in cases where Amtrak was not at fault, must be paid by Amtrak. Even though CSX, who was responsible for maintaining the rails was at fault, Amtrak paid. Meaning that the costs were all subsidized by ...
Regardless of how high house prices are, or how much money you make, I believe there is great value in practicing Mustachianism. Striving to save as much money as possible by implementing MMM’s advice in these articles will ALWAYS put you in a better place financially and physical fitness...
But in this world, it's the same as saying "We don't need Amtrak to take a train to another city" when we know that Amtrak has replaced all other intercity train operators. Back in 2005, when I started the People's Cube, there existed a wide variety of online communities and...
Interestingly, neither the Republican Party nor Democratic Party has embraced self-driving technology. Either of them could. For Democrats, self-driving technology promises to be the enabler of electric vehicles, in which the party has vested so much emotion and prestige. On the other hand, Democr...