Amtrak at 35: More progress to come but more fights to fight

First of all, sorry for the lack of entries lately.  It’s been pretty busy around here, but we are committed to this blog and making regular updates.

Amtrak celebrated its 35th Birthday on May 1.  Several groups held “Amtrak Birthday Parties” at stations across the system including Jacksonville, Meridian, and the Iowa stops.  NARP issued a news release on the occasion to remind the media about positive Amtrak facts after a lukewarm-at-best AP Wire story was released on April 28.

The fight isn’t over to preserve passenger rail in this country…which is all the more incredible given the ever-increasing cost of gas and higher than ever demand for more passenger rail service.  The fiscal 2007 appropriations battle should be commencing at the end of this month or the beginning of May; be sure to let your legislators know that you want to see Amtrak fully funded and allowed to thrive, not staved to death.