It would be very interesting to have a comparative panel of ex-industry experts/specialists review the current system and offer short and long terms options.
Add some geeks from venture capital firms to them in order to work out where you could harvest money for investment from the program, or leverage technology to reduce costs in a generational manner.
Access to land, right of way revising property use must all be options? Look at it more like a business that also runs trains to the highest degree but maximumse the options for generating capital to re-invest.
Get rid of the profit motive.
