How to Improve Amtrak - America's Railroad

AMTRAK HOW DO WE IMPROVE

AMTRAK?WHAT IS

Amtrak is the national passenger rail network of theUnited States, operating as a publicly funded, for-profit company over 21,300 miles of track and over 300 trains daily.

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH

Lack of service in key parts of country

Not visible as mode of transportation

Late Service

Expensive Fares

“Well that’s not how we do things at Amtrak”

- Amtrak Conductor

SO WHAT CAN WE DO?

WE CAN FIX AMTRAK…

THROUGH THESE STEPS

Upgrade TrainService

Improve Reliability/Customer Service Market Heavily Privatize

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1IMPROVE RELIABILITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICELESS THAN 50% OF

AMTRAK TRAINS ARE ON-TIME

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1 - Washington Post

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2 MARKET HEAVILY

Amtrak ridership has increased to 31 million passengers as of 2013

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2 - National Associationof Railroad Passengers

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3 INCREASE SERVICE

Over 30 major city centers are not connected to the national Amtrak system.

3 - Liquid SearchTransportation of America

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4 PRIVATIZEFrom its’ inception 44 years ago, Amtrak has received over 45 billion dollars in subsidies

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4 - The Economist

AMTRAK — AMERICA’S RAILROAD“A train is a small world moving through a big world” - Elisha Cooper

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BIBLIOGRAPHY▸ 1)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/07/10/the-sorry-state-of-amtraks-on-time-performance-mapped/

▸ 2) https://www.narprail.org/our-issues/ridership-statistics/

▸ 3) http://www.liquisearch.com/list_of_major_cities_in_us_lacking_amtrak_service

▸ 4) http://www.economics21.org/commentary/PRRIA-2015-amtrak-reform-subsidies-privatization-2015-03-06