Turns out that Amtrak, forced to serve numerous unprofitable and underutilized routes, isn’t making money:
The average loss per passenger on Amtrak’s 44 nationwide routes was more than $32 in FY2008
By my calculations, we pay ~$300 per individual in the entire country to provide the Interstate Highway System. But, by all means, let’s continue treating it as some sort of Heaven-sent resource that we can all use for free while expecting every other mode of transit to earn a healthy profit…or else!
Lemkin 