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Invest in America - Infrastructure Bill before Congress:

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Posted by MidlandMike on Monday, July 26, 2021 8:39 PM

Railway Age has a good summary.  The bill reaffirms Amtrak's mission is for a national passenger rail system.  Amtrak must also be more transparent with costs charged to state supported services.

https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/house-dems-547b-for-surface-transportation/

 

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Posted by MidlandMike on Monday, July 26, 2021 8:28 PM

Overmod

I see there is a line item for 'carbon pollution reduction' in FHWA.  There is no comparable one for the rail category, which leads me to wonder if it is rolled into the R&D or other program details.

 

In a Railway Age article summary under CRISI:   New preferences are added for projects ... and for zero-emission locomotives. 

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, July 26, 2021 2:29 PM

I see there is a line item for 'carbon pollution reduction' in FHWA.  There is no comparable one for the rail category, which leads me to wonder if it is rolled into the R&D or other program details.

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Invest in America - Infrastructure Bill before Congress:
Posted by CMStPnP on Monday, July 26, 2021 10:52 AM

I am not sure if this is the current pared down bill or the bill before paring down, given the reduced amounts for Amtrak I tend to lean this is the pared down bill:

https://transportation.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2021%20Funding%20By%20the%20Numbers%20for%20INVEST%20in%20America%20Act%20(with%20Water)4.pdf

 

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