Amtrak begs government for multi-year funding on its 42nd birthday

Photo Credit: Amtrak Locomotive 503 pulling up the rear of the passing Amtrak 792 from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles. Flickr / P. Ferriola
Skift Take
This shouldn’t be a conversation of whether Amtrak receives funding, but how that funding should be spent as the U.S. continues to fall behind its peers in high-speed infrastructure.