Sorry for the delay in posting this here (some of you have seen it elsewhere). As of a week ago today, Anderson (Cliff) and I have been elected to the NARP Council of Representatives. This is a 100-member body that includes state representatives and a few at-large members. Our job is to encourage the states, Congress and Amtrak to improve passenger rail services.
Our first acts were to vote for NARP's Board, and to spend Tuesday on Capitol Hill asking our representatives to support the transportation plan that includes $19B over 5 years for passenger rail.
It won't be easy in the current political climate. But I think NARP is finally moving into the 21st century.
So please, tell your elected representatives to support passenger rail, and communicate with us if you have any constructive ideas on how to make the system better. We don't have any magic wands, but maybe we can pass them on to the appropriate people.
Our first acts were to vote for NARP's Board, and to spend Tuesday on Capitol Hill asking our representatives to support the transportation plan that includes $19B over 5 years for passenger rail.
It won't be easy in the current political climate. But I think NARP is finally moving into the 21st century.
So please, tell your elected representatives to support passenger rail, and communicate with us if you have any constructive ideas on how to make the system better. We don't have any magic wands, but maybe we can pass them on to the appropriate people.