Re: (rshsdepot) Berlin: New passenger station

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

Int'resting how that works, huh?


> [Original Message]
> From: JIMBEAR <ribear_@_cox.net>
> To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: 5/24/2006 5:43:44 PM
> Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Berlin: New passenger station
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> From: <jdent1_@_optonline.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:40 PM
> Subject: (rshsdepot) Berlin: New passenger station
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> > 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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