how to improve amtrak - america's railroad
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AMTRAK HOW DO WE IMPROVE
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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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AMTRAK
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
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SO WHAT CAN WE DO?
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WE CAN FIX AMTRAK…
THROUGH THESE STEPS
Upgrade TrainService
Improve Reliability/Customer Service Market Heavily Privatize
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AMTRAK
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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AMTRAK
4 PRIVATIZEFrom its’ inception 44 years ago, Amtrak has received over 45 billion dollars in subsidies
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4 - The Economist
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AMTRAK — AMERICA’S RAILROAD“A train is a small world moving through a big world” - Elisha Cooper
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AMTRAK
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