"In any coherent world, using airplanes to fly 300 miles makes absolutely no sense at all." Michael DukakisThis is a side of Mike Dukakis I had no idea about - the rail advocate, former Amtrak board member, oh and Presidential Candidate. We may have all see him in the tank back in `88 looking tough, but most of us didn't know he's big on trains. Really big.
It turns out that Mr. Dukakis - now a teacher and traveling professor who splits coasts - is a huge cheerleader for the US Rail system. He loves passenger trains, and sees the entire country linked by efficient rail service in the future. Our friends over at Oil-Electric forwarded Wired.com's Interview with Dukakis, and it's an interesting read. This is a subject that impacts the whole nation, and even if the article doesn't discuss Washington directly, the possibility of rail taking up where cars and airplanes are failing is very very likely.
So if you like trains and passenger rail, I think you will be encouraged by what this interview has to say!
It turns out that Mr. Dukakis - now a teacher and traveling professor who splits coasts - is a huge cheerleader for the US Rail system. He loves passenger trains, and sees the entire country linked by efficient rail service in the future. Our friends over at Oil-Electric forwarded Wired.com's Interview with Dukakis, and it's an interesting read. This is a subject that impacts the whole nation, and even if the article doesn't discuss Washington directly, the possibility of rail taking up where cars and airplanes are failing is very very likely.
So if you like trains and passenger rail, I think you will be encouraged by what this interview has to say!
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