More funding for passenger rail? Yes, please, according to President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for next year.
The proposed $4 billion budget includes a 35% increase in financial support for Amtrak as well as the creation of a new grant program aimed at modernizing and developing passenger rail service.
The Amtrak funding and the grant programs would comprise $3.7 billion of the $4 billion budget. The budget would seek to “jump-start” the...
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