Amtrak Spells it All Out for Congress
Amtrak Spells it All Out for Congress Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Amtrak has submitted its FY22 General and Legislative Annual Report and Five-Year Plan to Congress and the USDOT. The FY22 Grant Request proposes $3.88 billion for base needs and funding to offset the pandemic’s impacts on Amtrak and its state and commuter partners. In addition, Amtrak has identified $1.55 billion in additional investment necessary to fund what Amtrak calls its “bold reauthorization proposal to improve Northeast Corridor infrastructure and begin advancing new corridor routes across the nation.”
Following are selected reauthorization request highlights and other items from Amtrak’s
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May 1, 2021 Share
President Joe Biden didn’t want to be anywhere else Friday than helping his Amtrak family celebrate 50 years on the rails.
“I wouldn’t have missed this for the world,” he said at Amtrak’s station in Philadelphia, where he used the occasion to plug his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal.
Biden rode Amtrak almost daily between Washington and his home in Wilmington, Delaware, during his 36 years as a U.S. senator. As vice president, he went home by train most weekends to visit his mother, who was ill, before she passed away.
“In the process, Amtrak became my family,” Biden said.
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