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I was looking through the various comments filed by various folks in response to FRA's request for comment on rule making for the Competitive Passenger Rail Service Pilot Program.
Here are his comments:
https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=FRA-2016-0023-0011&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
I learned a lot about how difficult Amtrak makes it for anyone to do anything that it considers to be a threat to itself. In past we had heard rumors of similar behavior when VRE removed Amtrak as its operating contractor and replaced them by a private outfit. Being an exclusively government funded organization I think this is quite inappropriate behavior on the part of Amtrak and needs to be curbed by regulations. I think we rail advocates should make it quite clear that while we support passenger rail service whole heartedly, we do not support obstructionist behavior from an outfit that would not exist without our work to keep it funded.
Anyhow, I learned an enormous amount about the underbelly of the passenger rail business in the US today.
BTW, comments from NARP filed by Malolm Kenton can be found here:
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FRA-2016-0023-0003
And comments filed by Amtrak can be found here:
https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=FRA-2016-0023-0007&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
Here are his comments:
https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=FRA-2016-0023-0011&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
I learned a lot about how difficult Amtrak makes it for anyone to do anything that it considers to be a threat to itself. In past we had heard rumors of similar behavior when VRE removed Amtrak as its operating contractor and replaced them by a private outfit. Being an exclusively government funded organization I think this is quite inappropriate behavior on the part of Amtrak and needs to be curbed by regulations. I think we rail advocates should make it quite clear that while we support passenger rail service whole heartedly, we do not support obstructionist behavior from an outfit that would not exist without our work to keep it funded.
Anyhow, I learned an enormous amount about the underbelly of the passenger rail business in the US today.
BTW, comments from NARP filed by Malolm Kenton can be found here:
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FRA-2016-0023-0003
And comments filed by Amtrak can be found here:
https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=FRA-2016-0023-0007&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
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