07/19/2021
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"This subcommittee has seen too many budget requests from previous administrations that would have guaranteed the bankruptcy of Amtrak."
"In fiscal year 2010, Amtrak committed to spending $144 million on station improvements to bring the rail system into compliance with the ADA."
"Okay. Well, in order to decide which projects you're going to fund through this program, you're going to have to rely on forecasts of ridership levels and revenues and public benefits, projects costs."
"railroads are supposed to deploy the positive train controls (PTC) by 2015."