http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/02/17/a-good-business-decision/ Up To The Minute Analysis Of Ohio Public Policy Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:34:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/02/17/a-good-business-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-2238 BuckeyeBlog » Blog Archive » More Cameras, More Stops, More Subsidies Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:07:32 +0000 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/?p=3753#comment-2238 [...] Let’s take the passenger rail plan first. The governor wants to reintroduce the service from Cleveland to Cincinnati by way of Columbus and Dayton. Urban planners and government bureaucrats love passenger rail. They see a bright future where all citizens will behave just as planners desire and ride trains instead of driving. Of course, people being individuals, they behave differnetly than planners want. There is no possibility that the cost of passenger rail will be supported by those who ride it. Massive federal and state subsidies (read, money coming from the taxpayer) will be necessary. Governor Strickland’s transportation chief does not dispute this. [...] [...] Let’s take the passenger rail plan first. The governor wants to reintroduce the service from Cleveland to Cincinnati by way of Columbus and Dayton. Urban planners and government bureaucrats love passenger rail. They see a bright future where all citizens will behave just as planners desire and ride trains instead of driving. Of course, people being individuals, they behave differnetly than planners want. There is no possibility that the cost of passenger rail will be supported by those who ride it. Massive federal and state subsidies (read, money coming from the taxpayer) will be necessary. Governor Strickland’s transportation chief does not dispute this. [...]

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