Editor, the Forum:
Coverage of the financial woes of the passenger airlines has convinced me that these companies should consider transitioning into other markets. I suggest they start trying to fill the gigantic high-speed commuter rail void we have in the United States. Our great nation is about 40 years behind Europe and Asia regarding high-speed commuter rail service, and this puts us at a disadvantage in competing successfully in the global economy.
Europe and Asia do not have the kind of horrible traffic problems we in America do because they have the option to utilize rapid mass transit on state of the art trains. Additionally we could reduce the level of pollution that is the result of our traffic gridlock. This would increase access to affordable housing and it could also tremendously reduce our gasoline consumption and contribute to our effort to end our dependence on foreign oil.
-- Tyrone D. Scott, Smyrna
Dear Tyrone: Some might argue that the way the airlines have been managed, since deregulation, perhaps they either ought to stay out of the rail business, or at least go into it with some governmental regulation. --eeb
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