There is essentially no passenger service in Colorado, although there is east-west train service through Denver and also a train that passes through some small towns in the southeastern part of the state on their way from Kansas City to California. Amtrak runs a ski train from downtown Denver to Winter Park (round trip $50).
But, to be fair, the distances and settlement structure of the USA explains much of this, in addition to the borders problem I mentioned at the end of my post. Much higher wagonloads are a US advantage, but trains are slower than here and the infrastructure is at places rather decrepit - so I'm not sure how they would compare under similar conditions. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
I am from Colorado and was excited at first that the Department of Transportation even discusses rail. Then, upon looking at your link I felt the same as usual. DOT analysis and projection simply runs current numbers out, there is no strategic thinking, and we just pour more money into highways. I'm not aware of any of the gubernatorial candidates having a position on transportation besides following Owens' 'build more highways!' policy.
Thanks for the website. Though it's depressing, it's useful to know what's going on.
