Parade Magazine

[GMTRacing]

Todays' (Nov 4th) Parade Magazine carries an article on passenger service funding and offers a place to vote for or against increased government funding of Amtrak, etc. I found the article worth reading and went online and voted as well. If you have an interest in passenger service, tke a minute to read the article and vote. You never know it might help. J.R.

[Anonymous]

It's nice to see some good press for a change. For those who don't get Parade in their local paper, here's the link. A better way to travel.

[Prairietype]

Parade.com: I got on, I registered, I voted and instant results from everyone doing so revealed 99% in favor of increasing government funding for passenger rail.  That is overwhelming.

I left comments as well-hundreds are doing so and the sentiment is incredibly similar. 

 

[Grand Ave]

ggod afternoo.1400 hrs here in kansas city.yes i reAD THE PARADE STORY ON 11/4/07 .I AGREE WHOLEHEARTDLY ON WHAT THE AUTHOR PETER RICHMONDMWROTE.I DONT KNOW IF HE IS A TRAIN SUPORTER OR NOT,BUT HE HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEd with his comments.especially when he compared amtrak's antoquated system to the high speed rail in europe and japan.also chinaa is going to spend billions to upgrade their rail system,

inetresing thT AFTER PARARDE WENT TO PRESS  THE SENATE PASSED AN AUTHORIZATION THAT WITH THE COOPERATION OF ALL THE STATES WHO WANT TO INVEST IN PASSENGER RAIL WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO.THE VOTE WAS 99 % IN FAVOR OF CONGRESS TAKEN THE INIATIVE. AS A NARP MEMBER MYSELF I FOUND IT INTEREDSTING THAT SUDDENLY CONGRESS HAS CHANGED ITS ATTITUDE SMEHAT.WITH AMTRAK AGAIN POSTING RECORD NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS ITS ABOUT TIME EVERYONE .POLITICIANS ,GENERAL PUBLIC,RAIL OFFICIALS,ETEC MOVE FORWARD INSTEAD OF SETTING ON THE COLLECTIVE --------- USE YOUR OWN WORD HERE/

.GRAND AVENUE 11/5/07 14.10HRS CENTRAL TIME

[al-in-chgo]

Thanks so much for the info; I thought it was a great article for the gen'l public and I learned a thing or two myself. 

For those who read online, PARADE magazine is conducting a poll around the theme of whether Congress should increase train funding or not.

Site:  Parade.com

 

 

[lattasnip9]

that article needs to be put in a bigger newspaper so more people see it or something.

[al-in-chgo]

that article needs to be put in a bigger newspaper so more people see it or something.

 

A useful idea, but large newspapers and their chains seem not to be interested in running Parade  articles.  A researcher or reporter could use the facts in the article as part of the research, of course.  I wonder if Readers Digest might be interested.  Going by that magazine's newer, fluffier content, it might prove too "intellectual" for the R.D. 

Still, we can't rule out everything. 

How many of you have called your newspaper's editor or ombudsman and asked for a feature article along the same or similar lines??

al

 

[Mailman56701]

  I found it interesting that the complaints the author listed about the airline industry were/still are the same ones people make about passenger train service (late, etc.).

  Interesting article, but he appears to be wearing rose colored glasses imo.