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Senate Safety & Rail Titles of Surface Reauthorization Released

June 11, 2021

June 11, 2021 | Jeff Davis

June 11, 2021 - Yesterday afternoon, the chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation introduced...

House To Vote on Surface Transportation Reauthorization by July 1

June 11, 2021

June 11, 2021 | Jeff Davis

June 11, 2021 - Yesterday morning, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a five-year, $548 billion surface transportation reauthorization...

Next stop, Scranton? Biden's infrastructure plan could make it happen

June 10, 2021

June 10, 2021 | Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis, a vice president at the nonprofit ENO Center for Transportation in Washington, said bringing rail service to Scranton...

T&I Panel Advances $548B Surface Bill After 19-Hour Markup

June 10, 2021

June 10, 2021 | Jeff Davis

June 10, 2021 - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee began marking up H.R. 3864, the INVEST in America Act,...

House Democrats Introduce $547B Surface Bill; Markup Next Week

June 4, 2021

June 4, 2021 | Jeff Davis

June 4, 2021 - House Democrats today introduced a five-year, $547 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill, the “Investing in a...

Amtrak Route Expansion Largely Depends on State Willingness to Subsidize

May 14, 2021

May 14, 2021 | Jeff Davis

May 18, 2021 - Amtrak has proposed significant new service routes in conjunction with the President's massive proposed funding increases....

Saturday MetroRail service set to resume as transit ridership shows gains

May 13, 2021

May 13, 2021 | Robert Puentes

"There's no question that transit is experiencing existential crises all across the country," said Robert Puentes, CEO of the Eno Center...

House Hearing Shows Partisan Divide on High-Speed Rail

May 7, 2021

May 7, 2021 | Jeff Davis

May 7, 2021 - A hearing before the House Railroads Subcommittee yesterday revealed sharp partisan division over high-speed rail in...

Looking Back - When Amtrak Almost Got its Own Trust Fund in 1997

May 7, 2021

May 7, 2021 | Jeff Davis

May 7, 2021 - The discussion in this week’s House high-speed rail hearing of a possible federal trust fund to...

Amtrak at 50: How McKinsey Designed A National Railroad

April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021 | Jeff Davis

April 27, 2021 - The eight-person Board of Incorporators charged with establishing a new passenger railroad on short notice in...

Here’s how the GOP infrastructure plan stacks up against Biden’s transportation plans

April 23, 2021

April 23, 2021 | Jeff Davis

Jeff Davis examined what Biden and Senate Republicans are proposing to spend on roads, transit, rail, airports and safety programs...

Say It Ain't So, Amtrak Joe

April 7, 2021

April 7, 2021 | Jeff Davis

Jeff Davis was surprised to see Amtrak's 2035 Vision included a Minneapolis-Duluth line that former Minnesota congressman Jim Oberstar used...