INDIANAPOLIS–The Cardinal, Amtrak’s train #50, left Chicago on time late Thursday afternoon and, despite running for what seemed like 20-30 minutes at slow speeds leaving Chicago, arrived here 16 minutes early. At least a dozen NARP members were on board coming here to Indianapolis for the Fall meeting being held on Saturday and Sunday. …
It’s hard to get ordinary folks involved with the issues facing government. They’re busy with their daily lives and the business of governance is complicated. So even when elected officials are making a genuine effort to do what’s best for the common good, taxpayers usually don’t take the time to understand what they did, let…
I am on my way home from the three-day meeting of the National Association of Railroad Passengers held around this time every year in Washington, DC. There are a couple of regional political events related to passenger trains which NARP is watching carefully. First, there is the case of Janice Daniels, the mayor of Troy, Michigan, and…
To re-cap: back a year ago, the Obama Administration announced that $8 billion under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would be given to a select number of states to get them started on plans for high-speed rail corridors within their borders. A very large chunk of that money – almost $1.2 billion – was…