tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post1661689032751861194..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Small Cities Paying for FlightsPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-44605429931368777212009-08-24T03:38:42.670-07:002009-08-24T03:38:42.670-07:00And Duluth-Minneapolis is actually a proposed (by ...And Duluth-Minneapolis is actually a proposed (by the state of MN) high speed rail line! So they certainly shouldn't be paying for air service!<br /><br />Ithaca, NY gets "essential" air service; unfortunately we really don't have passenger rail. It would be intensely popular, if someone could figure out a decent route for it.neroden@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475686367097445497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-91624841993437963142009-08-19T16:07:45.571-07:002009-08-19T16:07:45.571-07:00Well there is need for better regional rail servic...Well there is need for better regional rail service with goof transit links to airports.<br /><br />There are even things like flights between Montreal & Ottawa.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818721984298857987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-13397064084310613062009-08-19T10:56:58.013-07:002009-08-19T10:56:58.013-07:00Fun with verbs and nouns. http://dictionary.refer...Fun with verbs and nouns. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/guaranty?jss=0<br /><br />Thanks Matt.Pantograph Trolleypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-84270519621050538192009-08-19T04:05:01.849-07:002009-08-19T04:05:01.849-07:00One another thing: You misspelled "guarantee&...One another thing: You misspelled "guarantee". Just a correction.Matt Fishernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-46822170690129589232009-08-19T01:00:11.354-07:002009-08-19T01:00:11.354-07:00I remember looking at the table of Essential Air S...I remember looking at the table of Essential Air Service subsidies on Wikipedia, and noting that quite a lot of the cities actually have Amtrak service. I think the EAS subsidy to Rutland, VT might be enough to actually run a second daily train, and from what I've seen on my trip on the Empire Builder, many of the northern Montana towns have much higher ridership on the train compared to the "essential" plane.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.com