Reconnect America Podcast & Blog

Rail Bite #3: Professor David Alff on the expectation that trains turn a profit

In this timely meditation, author and professor David Alff probes the inner tension of rail transport in the U.S.: that it is expected to make a profit while providing an... Read more

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Rail Bite #2: Meredith Richards on Virginia's Passenger Rail Renaissance

Meredith Richards is chair of the Rail Passengers Association—the country’s largest passenger rail advocacy organization—and president of the Virginia Rail Policy Institute. Those who follow U.S. passenger rail closely know that Virginia... Read more

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Rail Bite #1: John Robert Smith on Why Passenger Rail Matters for Communities

John Robert Smith is chairman of Transportation for America. He is a former chair of Amtrak's Board of Directors and served 16 years as mayor of his hometown of Meridian,... Read more

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SR Director Bill Moyer's Appearance on KunstlerCast Podcast

From SR Director Bill Moyer: I had a great conversation recently with James Howard Kunstler on his KunstlerCast podcast. Over the decades, I have been fascinated by Kunstler’s work envisioning...

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

Listen and subscribe on your favorite platform: Substack, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube. If you have ever wondered what happened to our once-great passenger rail system—or how the U.S. became so... Read more

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Senator Markey Sponsors All Aboard Act

Senator Markey and Representative Deluzio just introduced the All Aboard Act that will lay the tracks to a more sustainable, connected future with expansive, efficient, electrified rail service—all built with... Read more

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White House Releases US Rail Action Plan

Last week the Dept of Energy (DOE) released a significant Rail Action Plan. Solutionary Rail was quite involved in its creation, and there's A LOT of our work in this -... Read more

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Volts Podcast Interview with Bill Moyer

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Episode 1. Reconnect America

Listen and subscribe on your favorite platform: Substack, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube. Reconnect America is the new podcast from Solutionary Rail that presents a creative yet common sense vision for U.S.... 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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