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December 11, 2014
By Logan McLeod This past weekend, it wasn’t sleigh bells the children in upstate New York were listening for. Oh no, this year Santa was arriving with the sound of whistles blowing. Sure, what you saw approaching in the distance was red, but it sure wasn’t Rudolph’s nose you were looking at. It was a Canadian Pacific GP-38-2 #7307 locomotive hauling an Amtrak Train with three baggage car...
December 10, 2014
To read NARP’s policy recommendations for achieving a better national rail network, you can read the witness testimony we submitted this week to the Senate. The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Surface Transportation held a hearing on the future of passenger rail, underscoring the growing urgency of investment needs and the potential for train...
November 20, 2014
The midterm election saw several important transit ballot initiatives fail, and some commentators have pointed to low turnout by Millennials as the culprit. The argument is simple enough to understand: Young people are demanding more trains and transit, and their travel habits are changing how transportation officials are planning for the future; therefore Young people have the most to lose whe...
November 13, 2014
Rebecca Sansom, Director of Trainsforming America, with Debra Gerod and Matthew Parrent of Gruen at the New Urbanism Film Festival in LA. Gerod gave the film two thumbs up! By Logan McLeod Rebecca Sansom, NARP member and grassroots advocate for passenger rail, has crafted an insightful and motivating documentary that speaks to the benefits of having an efficient intermodal transportation syste...
November 11, 2014
By G.E. Vann When one visualizes Texas, several images come to mind: things like cowboys, cattle, barbeque, oil fields, big cities, small towns, open plains and Friday Night lights. A high-speed train blasting through the open Texas countryside may not be part of your vision -- but that might change soon. Two years ago, a private company, Texas Central Railway, announced that it was planning on b...