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News & Commentary

The latest passenger rail and transit news

Ride a Train, Save the Planet

On Amtrak's 'Good Stewardship'

The Great South Dakota Rail Robbery!

Defending Passengers' Rights Before Congress

Testimony of Jim Mathews

You Decide: Top 10 New Trains in the US!

Rail Safety Week

Getting It Right

Senate Passes Increased Funding for Amtrak, Passenger Rail

What I Learned On My Summer Adventure

An Ideal State For Amtrak

The Power of Patient Advocacy

Victory (2:1) in the Valley of the Sun

Giving Amtrak Food For Thought

(Anti-) Transit Bros

FRA Announces $227 Million for Passenger Rail Projects

West Virginia MARC Train Service Action Alert

Ride Share Companies Expand Into Transit

"The support from the Rail Passengers Association, and from all of you individually, has been incredibly important to Amtrak throughout our history and especially so during the last trying year."

Bill Flynn, Amtrak CEO
April 19, 2021, speaking to attendees at the Rail Passengers Virtual Spring Advocacy Conference