There are congressional hearings coming up, the results of which could potentially have a big impact on Amtrak and, if you are an Amtrak rider, upon you, too. . These hearings will determine who gets to serve as a member of the Amtrak Board of Directors. The names of candidates are considered by a Senate…
Over the past couple of years, at least two or three dozen of you have either posted comments or emailed me directly expressing disapproval of the direction being taken by Amtrak’s president, Richard Anderson, and his management team. Specifically, you have objected to Anderson’s “quick fix” efforts to achieve break-even by ruthlessly cutting costs, adversely…
This is Todd Rokita. He’s a Republican from Indiana, who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. During his time in Washington, Rokita earned a reputation for being an absolutely terrible boss. How terrible? Bad enough for several former staffers to do the unthinkable: criticize their boss to reporters. The resulting news story…
TRAINS magazine reports Amtrak’s Board of Directors will demand full implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) on any route over which an Amtrak train operates by the end of the calendar year or it will cancel those trains. If the board does indeed adopt this position, as a practical matter it would mean at…