Today, the Cato Institute releases Romance of the Rails with a forum that starts at 11:30 am Eastern and continues to 1:30 pm. The Antiplanner will introduce the book, followed by comments on the book from Art Guzzetti of the American Public Transportation Association; Jim Mathews, of the Rail Passengers Association; and Marc Scribner, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. If you can’t be in Washington DC this midday, watch it live here.
I don’t know if this is my best book yet, but it was the most fun to research and write. With so many railroad history books out there, I didn’t think I would be able to write something that hadn’t already been written a hundred times. In fact, I think a lot of the history in the book — and the book is more than half history, less than half policy analysis — will be new to even many ardent rail fans.
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I appreciate Art Guzzetti and Jim Mathews for their willingness to comment on the book even though I suspect they will disagree with many of its conclusions. I look forward to what they and Marc Scribner (who probably will agree with most of the conclusions) have to say.
If you would like to buy the book, you can order it from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your local bookstore. Although Amazon claims the book won’t be available until October 26, they are actually available from the publisher now. You should also be able to buy it direct from Cato, but it doesn’t have a link to a sales page yet. Email me if you have trouble finding one.
Big surprise Amazon, doesn’t say it’s ready yet….Another in a long list of books Amazon doesn’t wanna sell, this is why I buy my books from the book store straight.
High speed rail is killing the European rail network. The introduction of a high speed train connection invariably accompanies the elimination of slower, but much more affordable, alternative route, forcing passengers to use the new and more expensive product, or abandon the train altogether. As a result, upper income and business people switch from full-service planes to high speed trains, while the majority of Europeans are pushed into cars, coaches and low-cost airplanes. With the arrival of high speed trains and low-cost airlines, rich and poor are simply swapping long-distance transport modes.
The Antiplanner wrote:
I don’t know if this is my best book yet, but it was the most fun to research and write. With so many railroad history books out there, I didn’t think I would be able to write something that hadn’t already been written a hundred times. In fact, I think a lot of the history in the book — and the book is more than half history, less than half policy analysis — will be new to even many ardent rail fans.
Yes, this might be the best O’Toole book yet.
Fun to read (I read it in two days), and very educational, especially when it comes to the costs (and profits) associated with carrying patrons on various kinds of rail conveyances. This discussion goes back to trains that were run many decades before Congress created Amtrak and took over nearly all intercity rail passenger railroad service.
Also a great summary of the “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” streetcar conspiracy (otherwise known as the General Motors/National City Lines conspiracy) and a thorough debunking of same.
“Highways are there regardless of economic conditions” -Randal O’Toole
I agree, government policy is anti-rail, roads are not expected to be profitable to survive :$