Word: rails
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Right now, Allston is very flat, with no hills and few buildings that exceed three stories in height. This is the neighborhood of old warehouses, chain-link fences and rail yards where—within a decade—Harvard could begin to build its new campus of taller and more distinctive academic, administrative and dorm buildings...
...government has forced gas and rail workers back to work with token concessions. But at the end of last week, Lee and his men were vowing to hold out. Says Lee: "We'll stay here until we win." With sentiment running against him, he could be facing a long, cold wait...
...Bush administration has pledged $521 million to the ailing rail system, but Warrington says at least $1.2 billion is needed in 2003 - without which, he says, the railroad will be forced to suspend most or all of its long-haul routes, the least profitable but, because they run through a lot of states, most politically sensitive components of its service...
...continues, the government will have resigned itself to infusing boatloads of cash into the floundering rail system. Amtrak, critics grouse, has proven itself incapable of surviving without federal aid. Warrington counters that Amtrak is expected to perform like a profitable business but to provide services - like those sparsely-ridden long-haul routes - like a non-profit organization. And, he argues, while everyone complains about the money that's been lavished on Amtrak - $22 billion since the agency's inception - no one mentions that the government spent $27.5 billion in 2001 alone to keep our highways moving...
...sell off its most popular routes to the highest bidder and let truly private companies do their best to make a profit. There are plenty of potential buyers, especially along the densely populated corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. Privatization of some sort is probably where the future of rail travel lies. "Over time," says John Collura, a professor of civil engineering at Virginia Tech, "inter-city rail will evolve into a private service, although it may still receive some public support." Just not as much as Amtrak needs - and that's the critical difference as far as Washington...