Reconnect America Podcast & Blog

"On the Side of the Angels" - How Warren Buffett Could Help Transform America's Transport & Energy Future

The "two-fer-one" deal with Berkshire Hathaway that would transform US rail service - AND create a national SuperGrid for renewable energy. Video of my proposition and their responses are captured here by... Read more

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Rail Network Transformation Offers Many Opportunities for Justice

For rail workers, trackside communities, native tribes and rural areas Read more

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Solutionary Rail testimony to the Surface Transportation Board on Rail in the Public Interest

From SR Executive Director Bill Moyer: On Friday, I returned from a mind blowing few days in Washington, DC. While my work over the last two decades has taken me... Read more

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Four Key Federal Priorities to Make Railroads Serve the Public Interest

For freight mode shifting and electrification Read more

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Managed Decline: When US Railroads Fail to Compete, We All Pay the Price.

Why mode shift to rail is in the public interest; why electrification is an inseparable condition for that shift; and why a new business model is necessary. Read more

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How Rail Can Reconnect America

Looking to the past to build a future Read more

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Welcome to the Solutionary Rail Substack

A people-powered campaign to put American railroads in service of the public interest Read more

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Toll Roads for Trains by Thomas White

Check out Thomas White's proposal for revitalizing US rail and marshalling it to address the climate emergency and public good.

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Reconnect America Podcast - Trailer

How can railroads reduce political polarization—and facilitate a renewable energy revolution? 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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