Over the past few days, I’ve been brooding over the Trump regime’s efforts to eliminate Amtrak’s long-distance service. And that led me to wonder what it is about the American mentality that says, “I don’t care if they do things differently in the rest of the world. Our way is better.” Currently, the Trump…
When it comes to the serious problems we’re all facing—including one or two that are potentially catastrophic—the people now in positions of authority seem to have already forgotten who brung ‘em to the dance. The Trump administration has submitted a budget to Congress that would zero out Amtrak’s subsidy and effectively end long-distance train service…
We keep hearing it and reading it and, no matter how hard we try, we can’t seem to correct the misinformation coming from columnists and reporters and politicians about Amtrak’s long-distance trains. There’s a lot they get wrong, but basically it boils down to these two fundamental errors of fact: The Northeast Corridor is…
Amtrak’s President and CEO, Wick Moorman,testified before a Congressional committee the other day and laid out the reasons why now is the time to secure Amtrak’s future. Moorman reminded the committee that Amtrak is 45 years old and, after setting ridership records year after year despite decades of living hand to mouth, it’s past time…