Why Amtrak’s Equipment Keeps Breaking Down: Some of It Is 100 Years Old
Why Amtrak’s Equipment Keeps Breaking Down: Some of It Is 100 Years Old
www.nytimes.com Why Amtrak’s System Keeps Breaking Down: It’s 100 Years Old
An explosion at a substation in June caused just one in a series of disruptions along the Northeast Corridor this summer. Upgrades would come at enormous cost and take more than a decade.
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It's disappointing to see the article only mention the cost of such upgrades. The value is enormous as well. Upgrading the busiest rail line in the country would have a positive impact on many many people for decades to come.
That's typically how mass transit is covered; as a cost, with no mention of benefits.
Roads don't get covered in the same way as they're generally not seen as profit-making enterprises.