(Source: Opinion column by Tom Carper published by The Hill, August 10, 2021. Carper is an Amtrak Board member and former Mayor of Macomb, Ill.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Macomb, Ill., and McComb, Miss., are both far from Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC), but both will benefit from overdue investments Amtrak has needed from Congress to make in the Northeast. I live in Macomb, Ill., served as mayor for 12 years and have served on the Amtrak Board since 2008. I know first-hand that passenger rail brings economic value to cities and regions large and small.
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