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The Mardi Gras could be even more popular, DOT wants to get IIJA funding out the door quicker, and we unveil our new "meet the team page". All that and more for #HotlineFriday!
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Join us this Sunday, 3/08, for a FRPR Community Q&A in Pueblo! 🚉
Meet at Pueblo's Union Depot - doors open at 1:00 PM 📢
This is a welcoming space to learn about the project, ask questions, and share your ideas. 🛤️
Please RSVP to save your seat: www.mobilize.us/ridethefront...
After @amtrak.com’s year of record ridership, T&I Dems are working to continue the momentum—investing in intercity passenger rail that is efficient, reliable and accessible.
There has been a lot of talk from the Class 1s about fully-automated track inspections, but new bipartisan legislation announced yesterday would keep the human element directly involved for any FRA Class 3 track or higher
Miles in Transit & high quality content - name a better combo!
To stick the landing on the 2030 date, Wisconsin folks should check out how Mardi Gras has very successfully deployed pre-fabricated temporary platforms in Gulfport & Biloxi (shown below). That, and the completion of the station track & platform in Mobile are all real, practical examples.
The Big Sky North Coast Corridor is not just about Montana. We are positioned to demonstrate that the federal planning process can actually lead to implementation.
Pictured: BSPRA Chairman Dave Strohmaier and Corridor ID Team Lead Jeff Schultz of David Evans & Associates, on Capitol Hill
Continued critical track projects (signal upgrades, bluff stabilization, etc.) will cause a temporary shut down of Surfliner service between San Luis Obispo and San Diego this weekend
As part of the overall Frederick Douglass Tunnel project, Amtrak is seeking non-profits and city/state governments to apply for Community Investment Program (CIP) grants to help mitigate the impact construction will have.
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Since implemented in Jan. of 2025, NYC's congestion pricing has brought about a 22% drop in particulate pollution, an 11% drop in traffic, and raised over $540M for public transit projects. Now a federal judge has ruled it can continue.
Long-term rail planning requires a reliable funding stream.
What if you could do Pueblo by train? 🚊
It’s possible! Learn more about the Front Range Passenger Rail (FRPR) project. Link in bio! 🛤️
#BuildFRPR
#BuildTheTrain
#SkipTheTraffic
#RideTheFrontRange
![Cartoon with transportation commissioner asking “Another new highway?!” And a transportation planner [engineer] replying “the MODEL made me do it.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:thigatosnyxffhfeyxgaahdf/bafkreifeosxctaa7qfcdyp2lz3msn3honrbv255z3gdlqprqzxr4pjxwtm)
Cartoon with transportation commissioner asking “Another new highway?!” And a transportation planner [engineer] replying “the MODEL made me do it.”
“Traffic models are frequently full of faulty assumptions, and rarely understand actual human behaviour in the context of change and choices. Never let a traffic model tell you what to do. Decide what you WANT to happen, and design how to get there.” — @brenttoderian.bsky.social #UrbanTruth
The research committee is meeting this Saturday, March 7, 12-1 pm, at the Double Standard, 100 W. Houston St. This is primarily for committee members who missed last week's meeting, anyone interested can attend.
The USDOT is putting over $100M into the public transit systems of World Cup cities to help them get ready to host matches this summer.
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Our friends at T4A have released an analysis of the yearly Congressional Budget Office tax projections report - which shows taxpayers forking over billions in new gas taxes, but not making dent in the soon-to-be empty Highway Trust Fund.
The FTA posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) yesterday for nearly $700M in the All Stations Accessibility Program - which helps fund ADA upgrades to aging rail and commuter stations (built pre-ADA) around the country.
Check out the posting here: grants.gov/search-re...
75 years ago, $1 out of every $20 earned by the poorest US households went to transportation. Today that burden has exploded to $1 out of every $3. What was once a minor cost has become a massive, mandatory tax on simply getting to work.
Cars are killing household finances. The solution: More high-quality options to driving. Legalize transportation freedom!
Legislators may make a mistake that will decimate rail in this state. Don't let them.
Send in testimony RIGHT NOW
🚨 URGENT ALERT 🚨
Lawmakers Poised to Decimate Rail in Oregon with a Last Minute Amendment.
Tell them a multimodal future isn’t up for negotiation!
Read more here, and follow the link within to submit testimony us20.campaign-archive.com?u=79ec7d0773...
URGENT ALERT: Lawmakers Poised to Decimate Rail in Oregon. Tell them a multimodal future isn’t up for negotiation. mailchi.mp/ecdd31f6180e...
Blaize Levitan, Secretary of the CT Public Transit Council, pens this op-ed calling for the return of full pre-2020 commuter service between New Haven & New London - helping ease traffic on I-95, one of the most congested and polluted corridors in the US
Now into March and the 2nd window for Corridor ID applications is still nowhere to be seen. No clue what the hold up is, given no other FRA grants are open right now.
ICYMI: Online communities were buzzing about Amtrak’s shift to an all single-level long-distance fleet. Before the takes get too hot, Rail Passengers President + CEO Jim Mathews has a reminder: no car designs actually exist yet.
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Tomorrow night! End-Of-Session Reception & Wrap Up Agenda
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Join us this Sunday, 3/08, for a FRPR Community Q&A in Pueblo! 🚉
Meet at Pueblo's Union Depot - doors open at 1:00 PM 📢
This is a welcoming space to learn about the project, ask questions, and share your ideas. 🛤️
Please RSVP to save your seat: www.mobilize.us/ridethefront...
Another #HotlineFriday in the books. We cover Amtrak's new long distance fleet strategy, passenger's reactions to the USDOT's proposed Amtrak reorganization, and news stories from around the country. Let's get to it.
See you onboard: www.railpassengers.o...
In case you missed it, we hosted our first Town Hall yesterday in Colorado Springs, and we had a full house! 🏠
Several more will follow, with the next Town Hall scheduled at Pueblo’s Union Depot on Sunday, March 8th at 1pm.
RSVP information available via the Public Engagement portal in our bio!
