http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog en narp@narprail.org 2012-02-09T17:48:51+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/forces_rally_around_stopping_the_transportation_bill/ NARP 2012-02-09T17:48:51+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/troy_mi_lessons/ by NARP Vice Chairman John DeLora, also President of the Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers (MARP) The back-and-forth fight over a new intermodal transit center in Troy MI has turned up interesting information about the federal High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail grant program (part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA).  It also contains lessons on how to combat Luddites who oppose public transportation. Malcolm Kenton 2012-01-19T16:40:34+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/boardman_funding_sunset/ Under the debt ceiling law enacted in August, if the supercommittee failed (which it did), domestic discretionary programs would be cut 7.8% in Fiscal 2013, which starts October 1, 2012. That would mean yet another Amtrak funding reduction, this one exceeding $100 million. Three other wild-card factors could affect the outcome: Malcolm Kenton 2012-01-14T01:51:55+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/apta_counterarguments/ If you’ve been reading this blog, getting NARP emails, or following the debate surrounding passenger train development, you’ve surely heard the worn-out, cliched barbs that defenders of the status quo repeatedly throw at proposals to ramp up investment in trains. If you’ve sometimes found yourself at a loss for short, effective, fact-based rejoinders, then you’re in luck. Malcolm Kenton 2012-01-12T21:57:42+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/midwest_fast_train_advocates_push/ NARP 2012-01-11T20:40:57+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/the_versatility_of_passenger_train_investment/ NARP 2012-01-10T22:48:29+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/with_new_report_los_angeles_to_san_francisco_high-speed_rail_corridor_stays/ NARP 2012-01-05T16:00:05+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/honolulu_rail_transit/ Jim Loomis, Hawaii’s Representative on NARP’s Council, penned the following in response to the New York Times’ coverage yesterday of the controversy surrounding Honolulu’s first rail transit line, whose construction will start this spring: Malcolm Kenton 2012-01-04T14:55:44+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/narp_vice_chair_speaks_about_cuts_to_transit_benefits/ NARP 2012-01-03T22:53:41+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/transit_benefit_cut/ This morning’s Washington Post features a cover story noting that Washington, DC’s population has grown tremendously while most places in the US have seen shrinking numbers of residents. Perhaps most significantly, the Post says “Three in four newcomers [to DC] in recent years have been between the ages of 18 and 34. They have zero interest in the suburbs.” Malcolm Kenton 2011-12-22T19:22:13+00:00