September 16, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: San Antonio Express-News, September 15, 2021) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — President Biden’s trillion-dollar American Jobs Plan is still chugging through Congress, and includes billions in funding to expand intercity passenger rail. If signed into law, $66...
September 14, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reading Eagle, September 14, 2021) READING, Pa. — Reading has some company among several small cities in eastern Pennsylvania whose leaders are looking to the past to create a brighter future for their current and future residents. Full story: Mass Transit...
September 14, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Pocono Record, September 12, 2021) STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Three new Amtrak routes in eastern Pennsylvania could serve 1.3 million riders annually, with service starting about three years after funding is secured, Amtrak’s president said Friday during a roundtable...
September 10, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 9 — On July 27, 2021, members of the BLET’s District of Columbia State Legislative Board convened their 5th quadrennial meeting at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters headquarters in Washington, D.C. Brother Herbert Harris Jr. was...
September 10, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, September 9, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A senior U.S. lawmaker wants Congress to mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccines or recent negative tests for all domestic air and train travelers. Full story: Reuters
September 9, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: The Independent, September 8, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak needs to do more planning before it is fully compliant with disability legislation, a new report says. The U.S. rail operator has outlined plans to spend roughly $1.2 billion to enable bring...
September 9, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, September 9, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federally appointed panel is urging ambitious, costly steps to modernize the passenger rail network between Washington and Boston to reduce chronic delays and improve travel times. Full story:...
August 31, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: American Public Transportation Association (APTA) press release, August 30, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and a broad coalition of 45 industry partners sent letters urging Congress and the Administration...
August 31, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 30, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak has urged federal regulators to impose conditions on CSX Transportation’s proposed acquisition of Pan Am Railways that would protect current and potential expansions of passenger service in New...
August 26, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg News, August 25, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak Chief Executive Officer Bill Flynn said Wednesday that construction on the proposed Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey will substantially increase in 2022. The long-sought $11 billion...
