(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 5, 2013)
FORT WORTH, Texas — Amtrak, the nation’s federally supported passenger rail service, has long been a whipping boy on Capitol Hill — often accused of being a “bloated bureaucracy” with little ridership, poor service and wasteful spending. Although American passenger rail still faces political and financial challenges, it is “on the track to success,” said a study released Friday by the Washington-based Brookings Institution.
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