RAIL PASSENGERS ACTION CENTER
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Shovels Down on the Hudson Tunnel Project
We need to ask every elected official along the Northeast Corridor—both Republicans and Democrats—to make unfreezing funding for the Hudson River Tunnels a top priority. Not just for the sake of the regional and national economy, but for the mobility of the entire Eastern Seaboard. If the freeze continues, it will endanger 95,000 jobs and $19.6 billion in economic activity. The reality is, when the North River Tunnel repair inevitably occurs, if we haven't built the new tubes taking that tunnel out of service it will lop off $16 billion in annual U.S. GDP. It will also cut Amtrak service between New York and Washington, D.C., in half.
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Rail Passengers On-Board Service & Equipment Survey
Share your thoughts, feelings, and reactions to issues you may have had on a recent Amtrak trip. Dining or observation car taken off? Faulty equipment during the trip? Dirty windows & exterior? Communication issues before the trip even began? Help us keep hammering the message home and share this survey with other passengers!
Take the Survey"When [NARP] comes to Washington, you help embolden us in our efforts to continue the progress for passenger rail. And not just on the Northeast Corridor. All over America! High-speed rail, passenger rail is coming to America, thanks to a lot of your efforts! We’re partners in this. ... You are the ones that are going to make this happen. Do not be dissuaded by the naysayers. There are thousands of people all over America who are for passenger rail and you represent the best of what America is about!"
Secretary Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Transportation
2012 NARP Spring Council Meeting