Transcript: U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY MINETA SAYS NORTHEAST CORRIDOR WILL BE REBUILT UNDER PRESIDENT'S AMTRAK REFORM PLAN

Article: Redefining Amtrak's role in the Northeast.(Passenger ...
Railway Age;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... service by proposing a wholly new governance model for the Northeast Corridor (NEC) that redefines Amtrak's role. New Congressional ... long-awaited Congressional breakthrough on intercity passenger rail. To gain acceptance of a governance model molded to durably ...

Intercity Passenger Rail: Amtrak's Management of ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... to meet a statutory goal of providing 3-hour intercity passenger rail service between Boston and New York City. Amtrak shared ... for effectively managing future large-scale intercity passenger rail infrastructure projects. These best practices have proved ...

Article: Amtrak's NEC: healthy hybrid: the Western Hemisphere's busiest ...
Railway Age;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... backers--the Northeast Corridor serves as a convenient ... wrong with U.S. passenger rail policy. They fail ... 2009 funding, the Northeast Corridor was again maligned ... remembering that the Northeast Corridor is the grandfather ...

Article: Passenger Rail Panel Backs New Agency, Competition; ...
The Washington Post;  June 23, 1997 ;     690 words ... ... burgeoning rail freight service. The Working Group on Intercity Passenger Rail, made up of individuals from around the country, was formed ... business could endure," the report said. The group said passenger rail should be supported and expanded, adopting the structure ...

Article: U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta says Northeast ...
M2 Presswire;  March 23, 2005 ;     684 words ... ... of the nation's passenger rail system just weeks ... vision where the Northeast Corridor becomes a world-class example of modern passenger rail travel. He said ... bridges along the Northeast Corridor. President Bush ...

Article: U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Says Northeast ...
PR Newswire;  March 23, 2005 ;     637 words ... ... of the nation's passenger rail system just weeks ... vision where the Northeast Corridor becomes a world-class example of modern passenger rail travel." He said ... bridges along the Northeast Corridor. "President Bush ...

Article: Amtrak, TSA and Local Law Enforcement Deploy Across ...
U.S. Newswire;  September 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... approximately 150 passenger rail stations throughout the Northeast Corridor region in an exercise ... passenger areas along the Northeast Corridor," said Amtrak Police ... enforcement agencies in the Northeast Corridor area. Approximately ...