On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 01:56:22AM +0000, Peter Fairbrother wrote:

Railways: Euro railways are better than US - but in at least the UK there is "compulsory purchase", when they grab your land and pay you very little for it, in order to build them. And too much government is involved.

Yeah, the same with highways (and airports, for that matter) here. The WI DOT is the states biggest boondogle, with prisons second. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com