but South Dakota - a fact that drew the ire of Gov. There would be service to every state in the contiguous U.S. In the Southeast, new routes would stretch from Atlanta to Chattanooga and Nashville, Tenn., Savannah, Ga., and Montgomery, Ala. It shows an array of potential new service lines: new rail connecting all of Texas' biggest cities and new connections across the Midwest, including between Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio, and Cleveland. It projects 20 million more people served than the 32 million that rode Amtrak in the 2019 fiscal year. The proposed transformation would mean some 30 new routes, and more trips on 20 existing ones. The White House said the rail investment would "address Amtrak's repair backlog modernize the high traffic Northeast Corridor improve existing corridors and connect new city pairs and enhance grant and loan programs that support passenger and freight rail safety, efficiency, and electrification."Īmtrak quickly responded with enthusiasm to Biden's plan, with a map and a vision for what an expanded U.S. It'll reduce the bottlenecks of commerce at our ports and our airports," Biden said. "The American Jobs Plan will build new rail corridors and transit lines, easing congestion, cutting pollution, slashing commute times, and opening up investment in communities that can be connected to the cities, and cities to the outskirts, where a lot of jobs are these days. Transportation is the largest source of U.S. "You and your family could travel coast to coast without a single tank of gas onboard a high-speed train," Biden said at the plan's unveiling.īut the idea isn't just nice family trips - it's to use improved rail infrastructure and service to alleviate problems such as traffic and air pollution as well as improve access to jobs. And for those who wish America had a more robust passenger train network, it gave them something new: hope.īiden's $2 trillion infrastructure package has two provisions involving passenger rail: $85 billion to modernize public transit (commuter rail, buses, stations, etc.) and $80 billion to improve and expand the nation's passenger and freight rail network. When President Biden unveiled his major new infrastructure plan last week, the proposal included much more than fixing crumbling bridges. Amtrak has proposed a plan for new and enhanced rail connections across the United States.
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