July 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following story by Peter Kaplan on July 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bush administration is proposing to scrap direct federal funding of Amtrak and turn over much of the responsibility for national passenger rail service to state...
July 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald appeared on the New York Times’ website on July 28.) WASHINGTON — The Bush administration proposed today to pay for intercity passenger rail service on the same basis that it pays for mass transit, with Washington paying...
July 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on July 28.) WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today submitted to the Congress the Bush Administration’s proposal for fundamental reform of the nation’s...
July 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Leslie Miller on July 29.) WASHINGTON — Congressional critics say President Bush’s six-year plan to force the states to pick up more of Amtrak’s costs ignores short-term problems that could...
July 28, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Providence Business News published the following story by Mike Colias on its website on July 28.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The reduced fares that Amtrak introduced this past spring have helped boost ridership on the Acela Express train between Boston and New York....
July 28, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on July 28.) WASHINGTON — President Bush wants to keep the nation’s passenger railroad on track, but at a cost to some nationwide service. Bush’s long-awaited plan to eliminate Amtrak’s...
July 25, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Charleston Gazette published the following editorial on its website on July 24.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — No one expects the nation’s highways to operate as a profit-making business. At every level of government, funds are set aside without question for the...
July 25, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(The Washington Post published the following story by Dan Morgan on its website on July 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House yesterday approved the Bush administration’s trade agreements with Chile and Singapore, overriding claims by labor groups and others...
July 24, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on July 23.) WASHINGTON — House Republicans prepared a revamped transportation bill on Wednesday that would give Amtrak $900 million next year, more than an earlier version but half what the financially...
July 23, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Portland Tribune posted the following article by Jeanie Senior on its website on July 22.) PORTLAND, Ore. — Amtrak services would be thrown off the tracks entirely if the national passenger railroad had to operate under the truncated budget approved July 11...
