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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

mahatmakanejeeves

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3. Amtrak passengers just dodged a major bullet

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Wed Aug 3, 2016, 11:34 AM

Aug 2016

Amtrak passengers just dodged a major bullet

By Martine Powers
http://twitter.com/martinepowers

August 2 at 7:13 PM

Amtrak riders scored a significant victory last week, and most of them don’t even know it.

The federal Surface Transportation Board decided to drop a controversial proposal to allow freight rail to get priority on train tracks … a proposal that had sparked a heated battle of back-and-forth legal arguments over the last seven months.

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Amtrak Wins Argument That Passengers Go First and Freight Can Wait [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 OP

I love the train. Good news katmondoo Jul 2016 #1

Glad to see this, elleng Jul 2016 #2

Amtrak passengers just dodged a major bullet mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #3

Freight Railroads Fight New Rule for Amtrak Trains mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #4