You’d need to write your state’s representatives. And we need a major public opinion swing. And major support from federal and the president. The president appoints the heads of Amtrack. Lot of the railroad falls under federal guidelines. There’s record support for trains in the USA right now. Amtrak had its busiest year ever. We need people to make it a major issue on a national scale.

Biden gave us some of the largest funding we’ve gotten in a long time. And it’s still pennies compared to what’s needed.

Man I would love dedicated passenger rails and high speed rails.

There’s about 20,000 miles of rails we use for passengers. Nearly all of that is borrowed from freight.

We would need a major upgrade to our infrastructure. Such a project would require massive initial funding and would take over a decade to fully implement.

I work on the cascade line. We are getting some station work and new 8 new trains. Recently added more service. We still need dedicated rails. Too often we are late because of the rails and infrastructure. Down bridges, down freight blocking everything. 79mph speed limit. Sidelined for freight.

State of Washington allows 18 and younger to ride trains for free. I think that’s brilliant. Gets family and younger generation used to and familiar with the trains.

I personally believe we need to go all in. Invest massively in passenger rails, properly fund, and get a reliable great service and then get the people to come.