We all know that Amtrak has been under intense pressure from Congress to cut costs. In particular, our esteemed lawmakers have targeted the cost of food service in Amtrak dining...
Most Americans think that highway maintenance and construction is paid for by the people who use the roads and pay the gasoline tax which goes into the Highway Trust Fund....
One of the frustrating aspects of NARP’s passenger rail advocacy is coming up against those influential members of Congress who are anti-Amtrak as a matter of political philosophy or ideology....
An average of 86,000-plus people a day take one of more than 300 Amtrak trains. Total ridership is now more than 31.5 million passengers a year. Amtrak trains stop...