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   Adam H. Kerman to Piotr Waszkielewicz   
   Re: Mind the gap: US and European train    
   21 Mar 15 13:42:34   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Piotr Waszkielewicz  wrote:   
   >W dniu 2015-03-20 o 17:32, Robert Heller pisze:   
      
   >>>Although someone can argue that buses of any kind don't count as   
   >>>"without subsidies", because, in their case, roads are subsidized.   
      
   >>Right: an 'indirect' subsidy.   
      
   >On the other hand, European (Eastern European too) fuel taxes are way   
   >higher than American, so one might argue that it evens out.   
      
   They don't have a concept of a highway fund or highway trust fund;   
   highway appropriations are out of the general budget. Still doesn't   
   mean that trucks and buses pay their share of cost to mitigate   
   highway damage.   
      
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