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Both airlines and highways have dedicated sources of federal funding: gasoline and ticket taxes. Until rail gets its own lifeline--like an extra penny of federal gasoline tax, which would bring in more than $1 billion a year--Amtrak may have to continue "fighting for table scraps," as CEO George...
(2 of 2) The U.S. passenger-rail market is still too small and fragile to have multiple carriers enter routes between cities, as the airlines have. But separate regions that have already formed high-speed corridors could open up their service contracts to competitive bidding--as many now do with...
Plane? The airline business may never be the same as it was before those planes hit - although air traffic has rebounded slightly since Sept. 11, it was still off 25 percent in October from last year?s numbers, and most analysts figure the industry?s 20-percent reduction in capacity...
The bill also ignores the fact that U.S. airlines do not currently match checked bags to passengers who actually board the plane. This is a time-consuming procedure that harried U.S. pilots generally oppose, but which is routine in Europe.
Once on board, travelers should feel safer. The measure mandates that flight deck doors must be strengthened and kept locked during flights. More air marshals will travel on planes; their presence will be required on certain flights deemed "high risk." Pilots and crew will attend training courses on how to...