Reconnect America Podcast & Blog

Rail Bite #9: The Loss of Railroading Knowledge and Its Impact on Passenger Service (w/ Tom White)

As you may have seen, we recently published Episode 3 of our main Reconnect America series. It delves into the creation of Amtrak in 1970 and investigates why Amtrak failed... Read more

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US Passenger Rail Panel Discussion with John Robert Smith, Meredith Richards & Tom White

To celebrate the long awaited release of Reconnect America's Episode 3. Amtrak's genesis and the ongoing struggle to reclaim the public purpose of passenger rail, Solutionary Rail used our monthly Hive... Read more

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Episode 3. Amtrak's genesis and the ongoing struggle to reclaim the public purpose of passenger rail (Part 2)

Listen and subscribe on your favorite platform: Substack, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube. Why was Amtrak created? What impact did that have on US passenger rail service? How is Amtrak’s story... Read more

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Rail Bite #8: Economic Benefits of Passenger Rail and Why Frequent Service is Pivotal for Strong Ridership (w/ Meredith Richards)

In this Rail Bite, Meredith Richards, who is chair of the Rail Passengers Association (RPA), articulates two principles that lie at the center of successful passenger rail systems everywhere. Read more

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Rail Bite #7: Tom White on Bullet Train Hype and the Need for Better Conventional Passenger Service

Why is it that many Americans suddenly seem obsessed with building high speed rail, when most of us don’t even use the 21,400-mile passenger rail system we already have? It’s... Read more

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Rail Bite #6: Maddock Thomas on Why the U.S. Has So Little Amtrak Service

Amtrak was established by the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 and began operations on May 1, 1971. It was created to relieve the struggling railroad corporations of their historic... Read more

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Rail Bite #5: Knox Ross on Whether Passenger Rail Should Be Privatized

Knox Ross is chair of the Southern Rail Commission, an interstate rail compact between Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that advocates for and engages stakeholders around the expansion and revitalization of rail... Read more

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Rail Bite #4: Dave Strohmaier on the Unlikely Coalition Reviving Passenger Rail Across Southern Montana

If you look at Amtrak’s national network on a map, you will see a giant hole spanning roughly a third of the contiguous United States. Two states in this area,... Read more

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Introducing... Rail Bites!

If you follow Solutionary Rail on Substack or another platform, you may have noticed that we have a new, weekly podcast series! Our brand new Rail Bites series presents you with some... Read more

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Episode 5. Profitability at Any Cost: The Price We Paid to Rescue U.S. Railroads

Episode 4. Private Railroads for Public Purpose: Battles, Misadventures, and Extraordinary Measures

4 Key Federal Priorities

Managed Decline: When US Rail Fails to Compete

Reconnect America Podcast: Voices for Creative yet Common Sense Rail

Resilience for SE Washington Farmers and Shippers

Episode 3. Amtrak's Genesis and the Ongoing Struggle to Reclaim the Public Purpose of Passenger Rail (Part 2)

Episode 2. From Bloom to Bailout: A History of US Passenger Rail (Part 1)

White House Releases US Rail Action Plan

Episode 1. Reconnect America

Electrified Rail: A Common Sense Infrastructure Investment

Just Transition: Key Pillar of Rail in the Public Interest

Testimony to STB for Rail in the Public Interest

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