Paul Milenkovic Why do people in the advocacy community, and now the head of Amtrak, believe that they have to engage in exageration and weakly supported claims in order to advance the cause of Amtrak?
Why do people in the advocacy community, and now the head of Amtrak, believe that they have to engage in exageration and weakly supported claims in order to advance the cause of Amtrak?
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John WR Dakguy201What fatuous nonsense! Guy, Bear in mind that Joe Boardman was testifying at a hearing called by John--Holy Jihad against Amtrak--Mica. Exactly how should he respond to that kind of language? I for one am happy he did not choose to like down and play dead.
Dakguy201What fatuous nonsense!
Guy,
Bear in mind that Joe Boardman was testifying at a hearing called by John--Holy Jihad against Amtrak--Mica. Exactly how should he respond to that kind of language? I for one am happy he did not choose to like down and play dead.
How about a realistic assessment of what Amtrak is able to achieve under his stewardship with resources he is requesting from Congress?
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
Lots of nice happy talk. Seems a lot of their re-org is by adding more mgt positions. If you aren't running more trains, why do you need more mgt. positions? Perhaps the problem is TOO MANY mgt positions. Funny they don't mention doing any benchmarking.....
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
Dakguy201 John WR Today Amtrak President Joseph Boardman testified at the House Transportation Committee that Amtrack intends to become the nation's number one passenger choice for intercity travel in the nation. : What fatuous nonsense! Other than the Northeast Corridor his organization's share of the intercity travel market approximates the rounding error in the statistics. To materially change that would require massive investments in rolling stock, fixed facilities and host railroad trackage. Something on the scale of the Manhattan Project would be needed. I intended to win last night's Powerball drawing. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to make it happen. Mr. Boardman and I have a lot in common.
John WR Today Amtrak President Joseph Boardman testified at the House Transportation Committee that Amtrack intends to become the nation's number one passenger choice for intercity travel in the nation. :
Today Amtrak President Joseph Boardman testified at the House Transportation Committee that Amtrack intends to become the nation's number one passenger choice for intercity travel in the nation. :
What fatuous nonsense! Other than the Northeast Corridor his organization's share of the intercity travel market approximates the rounding error in the statistics. To materially change that would require massive investments in rolling stock, fixed facilities and host railroad trackage. Something on the scale of the Manhattan Project would be needed.
I intended to win last night's Powerball drawing. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to make it happen. Mr. Boardman and I have a lot in common.
No! You aren't testifying before Congress.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Not being handled like a piece of baggage by TSA before getting onboard is another nice reason
Have fun with your trains
Today Amtrak President Joseph Boardman testified at the House Transportation Committee that Amtrack intends to become the nation's number one passenger choice for intercity travel in the nation. In a strong statement describing Amtrak's reorganization Boardman pointed out that Amtrack's passenger count has increased in 9 of the last 10 years, explained how Amtrak has become more responsive to passenger needs and how the new reorganization with further strengthen Amtrak's achievements.
A brief description of the testimony is in the link below to Amtrak's news release. There is a link in the release to Boardman's complete statement:
http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/1/699/Amtrak-America's-Top-Intercity-Travel-Choice-ATK-12-122.pdf
The hearing was called by Committee Chairman John Mica. Bill Schuster, slated to become chairman on January 1, was absent.
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