Unwanted at any speed?
Martin Gottlieb: Kasich pitch on trains not really about speed
By the Dayton Daily News | Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 12:25 PM
2010 ELECTION
In the fight about passenger trains in Ohio, the two sides have not only differing views, but different information.
Some are on e-mail lists that are put out by opponents. These feature articles and studies with the bad news: about Amtrak's costs to taxpayers, about bad service high ticket prices or low usage on this or that line, about cost overruns, slow speeds, unmet expectations and scandals.
But there are mailing lists on the other side:
about train usage being higher than ever, about how young people are moving to places with good train service, about how economic development follows train service, about how speeds are increasing (and plenty of people ride the slower trains anyway), about the huge government subsidies for auto travel that make the subsidies for trains look tiny.
As usual in today's politics, people only feel obliged to know the case for their side. The other side is somebody else's responsibility. With John Kasich, though, one gets the feeling he isn't on either mailing list.
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By the Dayton Daily News | Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 12:25 PM
2010 ELECTION
In the fight about passenger trains in Ohio, the two sides have not only differing views, but different information.
Some are on e-mail lists that are put out by opponents. These feature articles and studies with the bad news: about Amtrak's costs to taxpayers, about bad service high ticket prices or low usage on this or that line, about cost overruns, slow speeds, unmet expectations and scandals.
But there are mailing lists on the other side:
about train usage being higher than ever, about how young people are moving to places with good train service, about how economic development follows train service, about how speeds are increasing (and plenty of people ride the slower trains anyway), about the huge government subsidies for auto travel that make the subsidies for trains look tiny.
As usual in today's politics, people only feel obliged to know the case for their side. The other side is somebody else's responsibility. With John Kasich, though, one gets the feeling he isn't on either mailing list.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/opinion/entries/2010/10/06/martin_gottlieb_kasich_pitch_o.html?cxtype=feedbot
Ken Prendergast
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All Aboard Ohio
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Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
