Re: (rshsdepot) Berlin: New passenger station

["JIMBEAR" <ribear_@_cox.net>]

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Subject: (rshsdepot) Berlin: New passenger station


> The photos are wonderful. Kinda makes you think about our country's  
> transportation policy as a whole when you read articles like this.  
> We'll be too busy bailing out the airlines,to even dream of such a  
> project.
> 
> -MRV

It's important to remember that Europeans are among the most heavily 
taxed people in the world. Europeans pay at least twice as much per
unit (gallon or liter) of gasoline as we do. And nearly 2/3 of the price
they pay is in taxes which support the passenger rail systems in their 
countries as well as the highways. It is also important to realize that 
many European airlines receive government subsidies and some are 
still partially (or even mostly) government-owned.  

Jim.
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