Friday, July 1, 2011
Trains, Planes, and…Motorcoaches?
By Rebecca DiFede In the wake of our looming debt ceiling and the millions of dollars wasted every year on Amtrak’s less-than-stellar service, Republicans in Congress have proposed that Amtrak be privatized so as to maximize not only revenue, but also efficiency.Amtrak’s popular and lucrative Northeast Corridor route, running from Boston down to Washington, D.C., would be sold to the highest