Americans are turning to public transportation and, for the most part, that means rail: public transit and commuter trains. Amtrak, too, has experienced a big increase in ridership. Make no...
Those of us who have been advocating more and better passenger trains for this county have known for months that we had a friend in Barack Obama. Then, of course,...
Wasting no time, Amtrak’s board of directors today named Joseph Boardman as Amtrak’s new president. He replaces Alex Kummant, who quit a couple of weeks ago after being on the...
Back in September, the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Transportation published a report listing the causes of delays to Amtrak trains outside the Northeast Corridor (Washington-Boston). 1. Dispatchers...