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Is Amtrak's 2035 Map Riding on the Surf Board?


Is Amtrak’s 2035 Map Riding on the Surf Board?
Is Amtrak’s 2035 Map Riding on the Surf Board?
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David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor
Amtrak is looking to expand its network of passenger trains, for the first time in two decades. The proposal by “America s Railroad” to add dozens of new corridors and state-supported trains to its network has drawn both support and criticism from advocates: support because it marks a new attitude on Amtrak s part favoring expansion (of some sort, at least); criticism because it does not go far enough toward pushing for more long-distance trains or recognizing the contributions of the citizen-advocates who have been calling for more trains throughout almost all of Amtrak s 50-year history. ....

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Does 'Chaos' Rule the Global Supply Chain?


Cranes and cargo at the Port of Los Angeles.
Shipping container shortages in Asia, traffic jams at ports, limited availability of dockworkers and truck drivers from Southern California to Singapore, higher shipping prices all are part of a now-stretched supply chain due to the pandemic, according to a recent New York Times report. What is the impact on rail?
“‘I’ve never seen anything like this,’” Lars Mikael Jensen, head of Global Ocean Network at A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company, told
The New York Times, which included his quote in the headline of a March 7 feature, “‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’: Chaos Strikes Global Shipping.”  ....

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