On April 5th, eleven members of the United States Senate from both parties signed a letter that was sent, just a few hours later, to Amtrak’s president, Richard Anderson. The...
I had an interesting conversation the other day with someone who has been around the intelligentsia, the rich, and the powerful throughout his professional career. Furthermore, he’s familiar with and...
As far as I know, there is no hard evidence—no professionally done survey, for instance—to support a gut feeling that on the subject of long-distance trains, a significant slice of...
Watching Amtrak struggle against the odds year after year, it’s been hard not to become pessimistic about the railroad’s long term viability. They’ve managed to stay afloat thanks to a...