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Old 06-05-08 | 07:32 AM
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Yes - but also more expensive and more comfortable while being geared towards a business class. People aren't completely casualed out on Amtrak - I don't see ripped t-shirts or wifebeaters that I occasionally do see on MetroNorth/LIRR plus it's all carpeted which means grease stains. I felt out of place in shorts when I rode up to Providence a few months ago - there really wouldn't have been room for a full size bike without impeding on those sitting in the front.

I'd LOVE them to take bikes, it's idiotic that they don't. But until the gov't starts thinking differently about transportation and starts funding rail options you won't see bikes on there. If you want change start by writing your legislature to fund rail.
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