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Upset About Recent Changes To Amtrak Service? WE ARE TOO!
April 25, 2018
Take Action Today! Make Your Voice Heard!
Amtrak has sprung a lot of changes on passengers in the past few months, including the April 19th annoucement that traditional dining car service is being eliminated on the Lake Shore Limited & Capitol Limited (under a pilot test program) starting June 1st.
A lot of our members are upset about these changes, and I wanted to let you know: WE HEAR YOU!
Your Rail Passengers staff is busy advocating for improved service—both in DC and in our regional offices. We're reaching out to Members of Congress and Amtrak management to let them know exactly what America's passengers think.
Now, we need your help!
First, we're launching an Amtrak Mayors' Petition, and we want to get every community currently served by an Amtrak train onboard. If you are willing to send emails and call mayor's offices as part of this campaign, please contact our policy staff directly and we will add you to the volunteer pool. Our staff will provide volunteers with numbers, scripts, and sample emails to promote a petition that makes the following argument:
- In light of record public investment in passenger rail and recent actions by Amtrak management affecting National Network service, Amtrak must report to Congress and Amtrak-served communities how it will invest these funds to ensure continued service to all towns on the national rail system.
- We support growing service along densely-populated corridors, but insist it must happen in addition to National Network service, not at the expense of rural and small town passengers.
If you can't participate in our Amtrak Mayors' Petition, please consider supporting Rail Passengers advocacy work with a special contribution. Your advocacy and generosity is vital to building a modern, efficient rail system for future generations of passengers.
Thank you for your unwavering support of America's trains.
Jim Mathews, President & CEO
Rail Passengers Association
"It is an honor to be recognized by the Rail Passengers Association for my efforts to strengthen and expand America’s passenger rail. Golden spikes were once used by railroads to mark the completion of important rail projects, so I am truly grateful to receive the Golden Spike Award as a way to mark the end of a career that I’ve spent fighting to invest in our country’s rail system. As Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, it has been my priority to bolster funding for Amtrak, increase and expand routes, look to the future by supporting high-speed projects, and improve safety, culminating in $66 billion in new funding in the Bipartisan infrastructure Law."
Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
March 30, 2022, on receiving the Association's Golden Spike Award for his years of dedication and commitment to passenger rail.
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