Issue / Amtrak
11-year Saga Over Amtrak’s On-Time Performance Metrics Comes to an End
Dec 04, 2020 | Paul LewisIt seems fitting that the “Amtrak Joe” Biden Administration will be able to use new data to evaluate the performance of America’s...
Amtrak at 50: The Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970
Oct 30, 2020 | Jeff DavisFifty years ago today, President Nixon signed into law the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-518), relieving the...
Amtrak Asks for $5 Billion in House Subcommittee Hearing
Sep 11, 2020 | Brianne EbyOn Wednesday, September 9, the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held a hearing about recent events...
FTA Allocates $248 Million to Portal North Bridge Replacement
Aug 28, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Trump Administration this week formally allocated its first funding for any project in the "Gateway" portfolio of passenger rail...
Labor Unions Ask USDOT for Mandated Passenger Face Masks
Jul 31, 2020 | Brianne EbyOn July 27, Larry Willis, the President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), sent a letter on behalf of TTD’s 33...
White House Submits Sixth Amtrak Board Nomination as Senate Prepares to Move Rail Nominees
Jul 31, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis week, President Trump formally nominated a sixth person to be a member of the Amtrak Board of Directors – former Congressman...
White House to Nominate Two Democratic Members to Amtrak Board
May 19, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe White House announced yesterday that President Trump will soon be making two more nominations to the Amtrak Board of Directors....
House Bill Mandates Mask Use on Airlines, Transit, Amtrak
May 15, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe $3 trillion coronavirus bill that is up for a vote in the House of Representatives this week (H.R. 6800) includes a federal mandate...
FRA and Amtrak Propose Metrics for Passenger Train Delays. Again.
Apr 02, 2020 | Jeff DavisOn March 31, the Federal Railroad Administration published in the Federal Register a set of proposed metrics and standards for judging...
House Democrats Seek to Move Previously Planned $760 Billion Infrastructure Bill As Next Response to Coronavirus
Apr 01, 2020 | Jeff DavisHouse Democratic leaders announced at a press conference today that they hope to include their $760 billion, five-year infrastructure...
The “CV3” Bill’s $1 Billion for Amtrak – How Would It Work?
Mar 27, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe third coronavirus response bill appropriates $1.018 billion from the general fund of the Treasury for two grants to Amtrak "to...
Final Version of $2 Trillion COVID Response Bill Has $114 Billion for Transportation
Mar 25, 2020 | Jeff Davis5:40 a.m. 3/26/2020 update: Earlier this morning, the Senate passed H.R. 748, as amended with the coronavirus aid package, by a vote of...