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Posted By:THE DOG at May 6, 2008 5:57 AM (Suggest Removal)
PLEASE IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE A TRAIN HERE IN OXFORD ,MAINE EVEN IF IT JUST WENT TO PORTLAND THEN TRANSFER.MANY WOULD USE IT DO TO BUSH HIGH GAS HE NEEDS MONEY FOR DAUGHTERS WEDDING!!!!!!

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Posted By:Morning Man at May 6, 2008 7:42 AM (Suggest Removal)
it's dismaying to see the subsudies the federal government gives to the highway system and the nation's airports while passenger rail is paltry in comparison. Every industrialized nation has a heavily subsidized rail system which lessons their dependency on foreign oil. This is why European gas taxes were high, to discourage the use of oil and to sudsidize public transportation. Hopefully we'll do better in the years to come.

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Posted By:James at May 6, 2008 9:29 AM (Suggest Removal)
Thank you, Morning Man. The SUV folk don't like that idea. Passenger rail? They just think waste-not-want-not is liberal commie drek. Maybe now they would like to sell their gas gulpers. Good luck to them! We need a grand commitment to 21st century infrastructure. This will not come with greed pig-out mentality. This will only come through sacrifice. We can't retool our nation by borrowing money from China from now until kingdom come. Wake up America or we are all through!

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Posted By:Bruce at May 6, 2008 10:47 AM (Suggest Removal)
Morning Man you hit the nail upon the head thank you. What auto users need to realize is to travel to Boston that its far more cost effective to drive to Portland park the vehicle and catch the Downeaster to Boston and use the T to get to their destination,with huge savings made on gas and parking. James you need to realize that its not Communist Governments in Europe that have ensured that rail infrastrure is such that it moves people and freight far more efficiently. For instance you can travel faster using a high speed train from downtown London to downtown Paris than flying by air. All due to the fact that Governments saw the need for investing in good rail infrastructure. The expansion of the Downeaster service to Brunswick is well overdue. As for rail services from Oxford I can see it happening but maybe a Bus service offering connections to the Downeaster Service in Portland is something that could happen sooner. Clearly the patronage to date on the Downeaster makes a strong case for its extension to Brunswick

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Posted By:Drew at May 6, 2008 12:02 PM (Suggest Removal)
Yea all you numbskulls that want public transportation - go for it! Start your own company - oh wait, what, you say you can't make any money because nobody will ride it! Easy fix we just pass a law that says you have to ride it, oh wait it's not going where your going, too bad you'll go where WE tell you to go when WE tell you to! Why is it Liberals/Progressives always want to force other people to do as they want? If you want to walk, bicycle or crawl on your belly, us Conservatives say go right ahead nobody's stopping you! Liberals/Progressives spreading misery equally.

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Posted By:Marc at May 6, 2008 12:06 PM (Suggest Removal)
Some type of commuter service between Portland and the Lewiston/Auburn area would be useful, too. I'd even ride in an SUV so that it would have more than 1 person riding in the gas hog. How is it that technology has given so many people a cell phone and computer power has reduced its footprint incredibly, but so little progress has been made to increase mile-per-gallon since OPEC was organized in the early 1970s? Consider that when at the polls.

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Posted By:dr. dosh at May 7, 2008 1:56 AM (Suggest Removal)
National Train Day this Saturday 5/10 =) http://www.nationaltrainday.com/events-information/chicago alo'ha

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