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Amtrak is aiming to de-prioritize profitability and focus on radically expanding its service with the help of the next infrastructure bill and help intercity rail take its rightful place as an essential component of our public transportation ecosystem, rather than quasi-private afterthought.
For months, top Amtrak leaders have signaled a new direction for the corporation responsible for the vast majority of long- and medium-distance passenger rail in America, including an impassioned letter from board chairman Tony Coscia that called the absence of rail service in some fast-growing American cities “just plain wrong.” He also underscored the inequity of Amtrak’s funding model, a sometimes delicate pastiche of state and federal dollars patched over with passenger fares that has long been bemoaned by advocates who view the mode as an essential public good.