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Executive Summary: Amtrak fails to fill half of its seats on anygiven day, and ridership has remained largely unchanged since 2005,yet Amtrak receives the highest federal subsidy of all modes oftransportation: $210.31 per passenger per 1,000 miles. Congressshould cap Amtrak's subsidy at $900 million for FY 2008 andcondition future subsidies on steady improvement in Amtrak'sridership. ....

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