Hotline
Your weekly source of fresh takes on news affecting America's passengers. See also the RPA Blog.
Hotline #1,064
Join Amtrak Mayors' Petition; DOT Establishes Funding Program; SBR 3 To Launch In May; Rail Passengers Meets With Amtrak; Simulated Service For Brightline
April 27, 2018
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Hotline #1,063
RPA Responds to Amtrak Changing Food Quality; Brightline Officials Defend HSR Service; Chicago’s Metra plans $84.8 million for construction and repairs; RPA Board of Directors Election Results
April 20, 2018
We Need Your ‘Nose For News’! When you see rail-related news stories, op-eds, editorials, or letters to the editor in your communities, send them along to us! We include them in our social media efforts, along with the weekly Hotline. Send your news items to Bob Brady, [email protected], and we will share it with members. Are you holding a rally, a community meeting, or another kind of rail-advocacy event? We can help spread the word if you send them to us. We can put them on the
Hotline #1,062
Spring Advocacy Summit Sunday; Amtrak Sets Dates For Renewal Work; Amtrak Committed to Preserving New River Train; Brightline Begins Testing In Miami
April 13, 2018
We Need Your ‘Nose For News’! When you see rail-related news stories, op-eds, editorials, or letters to the editor in your communities, send them along to us! We include them in our social media efforts, along with the weekly Hotline. Send your news items to Bob Brady, [email protected], and we will share it with members. Are you holding a rally, a community meeting, or another kind of rail-advocacy event? We can help spread the word if you send them to us. We can put them on the
Hotline #1,061
Gateway Review Delayed; SNCF America Touts T-Bone For Texas; Brightline Train Enters MiamiCentral; RPA’s Mayor Campaign Shows Influence
April 6, 2018
We Need Your ‘Nose For News’! When you see rail-related news stories, op-eds, editorials, or letters to the editor in your communities, send them along to us! We include them in our social media efforts, along with the weekly Hotline. Send your news items to Bob Brady, [email protected], and we will share it with members. Are you holding a rally, a community meeting, or another kind of rail-advocacy event? We can help spread the word if you send them to us. We can put them on the
Hotline #1,060
Amtrak To Ban Special Trains; Amtrak Grades Freight Railroads; SEPTA Releases Economic Report; Trump Says Infrastructure Plan To Be Issued After Midterms
March 30, 2018
We Need Your ‘Nose For News’! When you see rail-related news stories, op-eds, editorials, or letters to the editor in your communities, send them along to us! We include them in our social media efforts, along with the weekly Hotline. Send your news items to Bob Brady, [email protected], and we will share it with members. Are you holding a rally, a community meeting, or another kind of rail-advocacy event? We can help spread the word if you send them to us. We can put them on the
Hotline #1,059
Omnibus Bill Provides $2.8 B For Rail; NJ Transit Working On PTC Implementation; Texas Central Responds to SNCF; Amtrak Revises Discounts and Refunds
March 23, 2018
We Need Your ‘Nose For News’! When you see rail-related news stories, op-eds, editorials, or letters to the editor in your communities, send them along to us! We include them in our social media efforts, along with the weekly Hotline. Send your news items to Bob Brady, [email protected], and we will share it with members. Are you holding a rally, a community meeting, or another kind of rail-advocacy event? We can help spread the word if you send them to us. We can put them on the
Hotline #1,058
Trump Cabinet Testifies on Infrastructure Plan; New Hudson Tunnel Funding Still Under Debate; 3.6% of TIGER Grants Awarded to Public Transit; CAHSR Released New Plan
March 16, 2018
We Need Your ‘Nose For News’! When you see rail-related news stories, op-eds, editorials, or letters to the editor in your communities, send them along to us! We include them in our social media efforts, along with the weekly Hotline. Send your news items to Bob Brady, [email protected], and we will share it with members. Are you holding a rally, a community meeting, or another kind of rail-advocacy event? We can help spread the word if you send them to us. We can put them on the
Hotline #1,057
Senate Dems Issue Infrastructure Proposal; Gateway Program Dispute; Is Your Mayor Onboard?; Amtrak Pulls Back On Vermont PTC; TEXRail Breaks Ground
March 9, 2018
We Need Your ‘Nose For News’! When you see rail-related news stories, op-eds, editorials, or letters to the editor in your communities, send them along to us! We include them in our social media efforts, along with the weekly Hotline. Send your news items to Bob Brady, [email protected], and we will share it with members. Are you holding a rally, a community meeting, or another kind of rail-advocacy event? We can help spread the word if you send them to us. We can put them on the
Hotline #1,056
Two-Thirds of Commuter Railroads Could Miss PTC Deadline; South Carolina Amtrak Crash Caused $25 Million in Damages; Batory Sworn in at FRA; Bills in Alabama and Indy Could Fund Transit
March 2, 2018
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Hotline #1,055
Philly-Area Lawmakers Question WH Proposal; NTSB Releases Findings on Amtrak Accident; 3 MiamiCentral Tower Opens Ahead of Brightline; WV Looks At $4 Hike for MARC
February 23, 2018
We Need Your ‘Nose For News’! When you see rail-related news stories, op-eds, editorials, or letters to the editor in your communities, send them along to us! We include them in our social media efforts, along with the weekly Hotline. Send your news items to Bob Brady, [email protected], and we will share it with members. Are you holding a rally, a community meeting, or another kind of rail-advocacy event? We can help spread the word if you send them to us. We can put them on the