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…
John Mica may be gone from the Congress, but his legacy remains and it’s still giving us heartburn. Thanks to Mica and his constant harping, it has somehow become accepted as fact that Amtrak should be making money on its food service … or breaking even at the very least. Really? Who says so? Where…
It’s going to be weeks before we have any kind of handle as to where the Trump Administration is headed with respect to passenger rail in general and Amtrak in particular. He has spoken about coming up with a one trillion dollar infrastructure bill within the first 100 days, but we have no idea how…
Congressman John Mica (R-Florida) has made a political career out of bashing Amtrak, “America’s soviet-style railroad”. (Mica has been using that line for 20 years. He delivers it, then pauses and smirks, waiting for the audience reaction, which is usually a few polite titters.) Most recently, Mica has been picking on Amtrak’s Food &…