FAST Act

[wanswheel]

Excerpt from funding request letter

https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/555/516/Amtrak-FY17-Grant-Legislative-Request.pdf

An aspect of Amtrak that will be markedly changed by the FAST Act is the framework for organizing our finances and Federal support, which will have major impacts on our accounting and reporting processes, as well as the structure of our annual grant request to Congress. The format and contents of annual grant requests have varied, but they have historically requested specific operating and capital funding for the entire Amtrak network. The FAST Act, in contrast, requires Amtrak and the Department of Transportation to work together to create separate “Northeast Corridor” and “National Network” accounts by December, 2016 for the NEC main line between Boston and Washington, and the combination of the Long Distance routes, State Supported services, and other corporate activities not associated with the NEC, respectively.

[D.Carleton]

Translation: With more and brighter lights the cockroaches have fewer places to hide.

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D.Carleton

Translation: With more and brighter lights the cockroaches have fewer places to hide.

Carleton your link to this week does not work !!  

[Wizlish]

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Carleton your link to this week does not work !!

Didn't he say a few days ago that he and some others had gotten 'real jobs' to help change Amtrak from the inside, and wasn't going to be doing 'This Week at Amtrak' for United Rail any more?