AASHTO Report on Inter-City Passenger Rail

Date: 
05/2009

Review of states' efforts over the past 10 years to spearhead the development and funding of a national intercity passenger rail system.


Step 2


pp. 10


AASHTO's Strategic Plan for 2005-2010: "collaborate with shippers and carriers, relevant associations, and additional partners to develop funding and policy initiatives that help state DOTs improve multimodal and intermodal passenger and freight mobility.”


Step 6


pp. 12-16


The Freight Railroad perspective from the Association of American Railroads (AAR): deals with growth of the passenger rail shall not conflict or restrict freight rail service and that passenger and freight rail must be properly coordinated to be successful. 


Step 8


pp. III


Executive Summary: "Giving the nation the intercity passenger rail service it needs will require a strong and continuous collaboration between the federal government, the states, the freight railroads, Amtrak, and all of the interested parties who support this objective.

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