option, and i love the excel express, but we can't all hop on it. what about the high-speed rail, what do passengers say about that if it is created? >> well, brooke, good question, because we are getting up on rush hour soon, and this train car will be packed with riders and riding the rails is so popular that amtrak says it is on par for another record-breaking year in ridership, and 29 million people rode the rails last year alone and that is one of president obama's initiatives. he wants to spend nearly $50 billion, brooke, in investing in high-speed rail projects across the country, but when you ask local state officials and taxpayers at certain states, they want to use that money for other initiatives, so clearly, it is a matter of priorities, but here in washington, it seems to work out, and the best of both worlds really for a lot of the travelers trying to get places and get around the for the east corridor. >> i know you were lucky there in washington, d.c., and boston and new york and elsewhere, but beyond the free beer or the