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https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... scal-2024/
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https://youtu.be/os2TzmuI-lw
Lest we forget:
https://time.com/5144561/trump-budget-cuts-amtrak-half/
Trust that it's noted that the main "victim" appears to be the Corridor. Lest we further note who runs free, Equidae or Pachyderms, through that region?
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... scal-2024/
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WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans have released a proposed budget for fiscal 2024 that would effectively force Amtrak “to radically reduce or suspend service on various routes across the nation,” according to Amtrak President Stephen Gardner.My reaction;
The legislation marked up Wednesday also calls for substantial reductions in infrastructure programs benefitting passenger rail. Its release begins a negotiating process among lawmakers that follows a Memorial Day debt reduction deal hammered out between President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
The table below shows that the bulk of the appropriators’ Amtrak cuts were inflicted on the Northeast Corridor, but because corporate overhead is also allocated to long-distance and state-supported routes, the entire network would be at risk.
https://youtu.be/os2TzmuI-lw
Lest we forget:
https://time.com/5144561/trump-budget-cuts-amtrak-half/
Trust that it's noted that the main "victim" appears to be the Corridor. Lest we further note who runs free, Equidae or Pachyderms, through that region?