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Cq-Roll Call AP Looking beyond the $1.9 trillion covid relief bill, President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another of his top legislative priorities — a long-sought boost to the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure that could meet GOP resistance to a hefty price tag.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. WASHINGTON — The $80 billion that President Joe Biden proposes to ...

Amtrak 2035 Map: Hopes and Challenges Amtrak 2035 Map: Hopes and Challenges Written by David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor As Amtrak marks its 50th anniversary, many are reflecting on the railroad’s past half-century and wondering how it will do in the next. “America’s Railroad” recently released a map showing the services it would like to offer by 2035; 14 years from now. As planning frontiers go, that is not a very long time. For us...

Amtrak Playing Hardball With CSX, NS on Gulf Coast Service (Updated) Amtrak Playing Hardball With CSX, NS on Gulf Coast Service (Updated) Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor More than 300 people rode Amtrak’s Gulf Coast Inspection Train (pictured) from New Orleans to Jacksonville, Fla., in February 2016, as part of an ongoing effort to restore passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast, which was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina in 200...

‘Amtrak Joe’ and ‘Mayor Pete’: New administration vows Gulf Coast visit Updated Jan 27, 2021; Posted Jan 27, 2021 An Amtrak inspection train, filled with government and rail transportation officials and media, arrives in Mobile, Ala., on Thursday Feb. 18, 2016. The trip marked the first time in more than 10 years a passenger train has left New Orleans headed east to Florida. (file photo) Facebook Share President Joe Biden took thousands of train trips between his Delaware home and Was...

Program, and then you look at how passenger rail has been starved for investment for three decades, there shouldnt be any wonder why it takes time to install these kind of safety measures. >> youre a man who would know sir. john robert smith, former amtrak board chairman chairman of transportation for america, thank you so much sir. i appreciate your time today. >> thank you, brooke. >> thank you. next it is becoming a key question here in this train derailment with safety technology as we wer...

onboard described what it felt like before the crash. >> it felt like it was going fast. is that because it really was going fast or because of the consequence of what happened i really cant say. but it did feel fast. and it did feel like it was -- could have been speed that caused the liftoff that i felt. >> teams of investigators are on the scene in philadelphia with the ntsb set to hold its next briefing at the top of the hour at 5:00 p.m. eastern. this photo shows the trains black ...