Another Reason to Go Rail
I really enjoy
taking Amtrak from Seattle, both to Portland and also to Vancouver. Now, at long last,
they've added WiFi throughout all the trains, and best of all, it's free. I actually used the WiFi on the train to Portland some months back; apparently it was turned on by accident. It's unclear why it's taken so long to formally roll it out, especially since
it's been on the Acela in the Northeast corridor for almost a year.
Taking the train is great, and I'm not the only one who seems to think so. The Amtrak Cascades set a 16-year high for ridership last year. Now that they're wired up, expect a new record this year.
Some people whine about Amtrak being government-subsidized or about its losing money, which is a curiously selective complaint. How many billions do we dump into our road system every year? Does the Interstate Highway system make money?
(h/t
TechFlash)
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