Year 2012

Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel

Freakonomics Quorum: Can Amtrak Ever Be Profitable?

Are America's private railroading glory days gone forever? The folks at Freakonomics have asked me to contribute to a “Quorum” on Amtrak and whether it can ever be profitable. Maybe I was a sucker, but it looks like I hewed closer to the question that some of the other contributors….

Stephen Smith
January 5, 2012

Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel

California HSR Review Panel Recommends Against $2.7 Billion Bond Issue

Enormous viaducts like this are one reason for the project's ballooning cost estimates Well, the other shoe has finally dropped: the California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group is recommending that the state legislature not authorize the issue of $2.7 billion in bonds to begin paying for the state’s planned $98.5 billion high-speed rail line….

Stephen Smith
January 3, 2012

Freakonomics Quorum: Can Amtrak Ever Be Profitable?

California HSR Review Panel Recommends Against $2.7 Billion Bond Issue

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