Issue / Rail
T&I Panel Advances $548B Surface Bill After 19-Hour Markup
Jun 10, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee began marking up H.R. 3864, the INVEST in America Act, at 10 a.m. yesterday, and...
House Democrats Introduce $547B Surface Bill; Markup Next Week
Jun 04, 2021 | Jeff DavisHouse Democrats today introduced a five-year, $547 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill, the “Investing in a New...
Amtrak Route Expansion Largely Depends on State Willingness to Subsidize
May 14, 2021 | Jeff DavisSeeking to capitalize on President Biden's huge proposed spending increases as part of his American Jobs Plan, Amtrak last month...
Saturday MetroRail service set to resume as transit ridership shows gains
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...
House Hearing Shows Partisan Divide on High-Speed Rail
May 07, 2021 | Jeff DavisA hearing before the House Railroads Subcommittee yesterday revealed sharp partisan division over high-speed rail in general and over...
Looking Back – When Amtrak Almost Got its Own Trust Fund in 1997
May 07, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe discussion in this week’s House high-speed rail hearing of a possible federal trust fund to support Amtrak capital expenditures...
Amtrak at 50: How McKinsey Designed A National Railroad
Apr 27, 2021 | Jeff Davis(Part one of this series told the story of how Congress passed, and Richard Nixon at the last minute decided to sign, the October 1970...
Here’s how the GOP infrastructure plan stacks up against Biden’s transportation plans
Apr 23, 2021 | Jeff DavisJeff Davis examined what Biden and Senate Republicans are proposing to spend on roads, transit, rail, airports and safety programs over...
Say It Ain’t So, Amtrak Joe
Apr 07, 2021 | Jeff DavisJeff Davis was surprised to see Amtrak's 2035 Vision included a Minneapolis-Duluth line that former Minnesota congressman Jim Oberstar...
GAO Issues Status Report on U.S. Commuter Rail
Apr 01, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a new report entitled Commuter Rail: Information on Benefits and Funding...
White House plan calls for large expansion of federal government’s role in transportation
Mar 31, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Biden administration is calling for $365 billion in highway spending, $189 billion for transit and $94 billion for rail over five...
CP-KCS Merger Would Create Canada-US-Mexico Unified Railroad
Mar 25, 2021 | Jeff DavisIn what seems like the last, unfinished piece of 1990s railroad merger mania, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern announced on...