The release of President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal has proponents of increasing train travel hoping for an upgrade and expansion of rail service, including the long-sought-line between Reading and Philadelphia.
Those hopes were on full display Tuesday during a hearing by the House Democratic Policy Committee with the optimistic title: "Back on Track â Investing in Passenger Rail."
Jennie Granger, PennDOT deputy secretary for multi-modal transportation, testified remotely Tuesday.
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Increased federal funding "would be major," Jennie Granger, PennDOT's deputy secretary for multi-modal transportation, told the committee.
Federal funding would help bring "the Amtrak and SEPTA systems into a state of good repair and could provide capital to start new service," she said.