Happening Now
Is Your Mayor Onboard?
March 6, 2018
As Congress finishes last year's budget process and plans ahead for next year's spending, it's critical that local cities play an active part in the process.
Just last year, we saw efforts in both Congress and the White House to kill Amtrak's National Network. With a concerted campaign of station rallies, calls, and meetings passenger advocates were able to turn back these efforts, and secure additional funding for passenger rail in both the House and Senate. Now we need to move these bills across the finish line.
That's why Rail Passengers Association is asking you to write your local Mayor's office and recruit them in the campaign for better train service for all Americans!
Rail Passengers is providing you with materials to help make your argument. But joining our campaign is as easy as clicking a button, so take action today!
Passenger Resources:
- Passenger Trains: An Energy + Climate Solution: a printable one-pager detailing the energy and environmental benefits of passenger rail investment.
- Passenger Trains: Growing America's Economy: a printable one-pager detailing the economic benefits of passenger rail investment.
- FAST Act Funding Table: a printable funding table to help you in your conversation with local transportation staffers.
- Rail Passengers Association Rail & Transit Infrastructure Projects: unsure what rail and transit projects to promote to your representatives? We can help!
- Long Distance Trains - A Foundation for National Mobility: fact sheet detailing the economic and mobility benefits of Amtrak's national network.
- National Network Trains - A Medical Lifeline: stories from users of the national network who depend upon Amtrak to connect to vital services.
- Manufacturing Benefits of Railcar Investment: illustrating the manufacturing supply chain and job creation supported by investment in railcars.
"On behalf of Amtrak’s onboard service staff, I want to thank the Rail Passengers Association for honoring their hard work with this award. The past couple years have indeed been difficult for Amtrak onboard service staff – coping with furloughs and job insecurity, adapting to changing protocols and services, not to mention the unfortunate events such as a tragic derailment and a fatal shooting. Nevertheless, our dedicated members at Amtrak have handled these hurdles with the care, attention and diligence for which they’re known. We thank Rail Passengers for their acknowledgement of our members’ hard work and, as always, look forward to seeing you on the rails."
Arthur Maratea, TCU/IAM National President
December 21, 2021, on the Association awarding its 2021 Golden Spike Award to the Frontline Amtrak Employees.
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