Harris Poll: Americans want more trains!

Isn’t it nice when you are cleaning up after the holidays and find a present that you haven’t opened yet?  Rail advocates got one such treat last week!  Harris Interactive, which conducts The Harris Poll, did a survey of U.S. adults and found that a vast majority want more train service—both freight and passenger.

According to the survey, “The modes of transportation which the largest numbers of adults would like to see ‘have an increasing share of passenger transportation’ are: Commuter trains (44%)(and) Long-distance trains (35%).”

Americans want to see more freight move by rail as well.  Again, according to the survey results, “Freight railroads (63%) come far ahead of all other modes that adults would like to see have an increasing share of freight transportation.”

Read the full news release from Harris here.  Be sure to cite these survey results when contacting your elected officials!