With the exception of the North East corridor none of this is needed. Expand Amtrack and you'll have empty trains running over substandard tracks and subject to untold delays due to freight traffic. If passenger rail was economically feasible then private railroads would be doing it but as it stands, freight gets the priority because it pays the bills. Nationalize railroads is next, leading further to the downward spiral.
"Phoenix to Tucson is a great example," Flynn said in an interview with "Axios on HBO" of the new routes that Amtrak intended to introduce. "Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati. Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Those are essentially new routes where service practically does not exist today."
Flynn added Nashville would be his dream destination for a new Amtrak stop. "I think Nashville would be a great place to stop. I mean, how many country-western songs involve trains?" he said.
Flynn's remarks come after the House finally passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package late Friday night, including about $66 billion for the passenger rail system.
In the interview, Flynn added that the bill's level of funding would be "absolutely transformational and more funding than we've had in our 50 year history combined."
"Phoenix to Tucson is a great example," Flynn said in an interview with "Axios on HBO" of the new routes that Amtrak intended to introduce. "Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati. Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Those are essentially new routes where service practically does not exist today."
Flynn added Nashville would be his dream destination for a new Amtrak stop. "I think Nashville would be a great place to stop. I mean, how many country-western songs involve trains?" he said.
Flynn's remarks come after the House finally passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package late Friday night, including about $66 billion for the passenger rail system.
In the interview, Flynn added that the bill's level of funding would be "absolutely transformational and more funding than we've had in our 50 year history combined."
