Oho! We're the private sector, and we're superior to that publicly owned Amtrak because we don't take taxpayer funds that indirectly subsidize our real estate development schemes!
On the Princess Cruises & Kissimmee wraps, Car #4, which was added to the consist, is unwrapped.
Are you sure that wrapped trains are less desirable to most passengers? Perhaps the vast majority of passengers are riding for its transportation utility and don't care whether trains are wrapped. Meanwhile, Brightline is getting advertising revenue from the wrapped trains, which might be a handy buffer for them during transient periods of low ridership. (Which brings me to the pint that while I love it when the trains are empty and I don't have to sit next to anyone, the company operating the railroad sure doesn't like those empty trains.) I think if we want to have frequent and comprehensive train service, we might have to ready to put up with wrapped trains and seatmates.
True, yet despite pursuing every possible route to charge money for what used to be free, airlines have remained very hesitant to wrap their planes in advertising wraps, or even apply interior advertising or audio advertising (this safety on board announcement is brought to you by Pepsi).
The last few years I have flown on AA, the flight attendants have been hawking their Citi-Aadvantage credit cards…
