Some people can be lobbied into thinking Asheville needs passenger rail. Granted, trains make sense for freight, but there aren’t enough passengers willing to pay the full cost of service provision. Is the state or federal government in a position to kick out further subsidies? Upgrading the tracks would [...]
Gov. Bev Perdue's topic Tuesday was like the 1987 movie: "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" — or how to move people and goods around more efficiently.
So the governor showed up at a football field-size warehouse near Raleigh-Durham Airport, to sign an executive order creating The Governor's Logistics [...]
