Harris poll: We want more passenger-train travel

Harris Interactive reports that Americans "would like to see an increasing proportion of [passenger and freight] traffic going by rail."

• 44% want a greater share for commuter trains
• 35% want a greater share for long-distance trains
  

Who should pay for transportation improvements? For "the nation as a whole," as opposed to "your community," 68% said that's the federal government's responsibility.

Survey was taken Dec 8-14, 2005, and released Feb. 8. Read the news release here.