Matt Davies

Matt Davies

My grandfather and I used to draw trains together. He once drove big steam engines, and I was in awe. Starving train systems of funds is fine if weare just subsidizing childish romanticism, but with rising airfares and airport hassles, rail ridership is growing, and inadequate investment is unwise.

Matt Davies is Newsdays Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

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