BT UK: Trump budget would gut US long-distance rail service
Apr 12, 2017, 10:10 am
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BT UK: Trump budget would gut US long-distance rail service
Trump budget would gut US long-distance rail service
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At least 220 communities in the US would lose rail service under President Trump’s proposed budget, which threatens some of the nation’s most fabled long-distance railroad routes, according to the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP).
Small and rural communities, where residents were more likely to have voted for Trump, would be disproportionately affected by a plan to cut $2.4 billion in transportation spending, according to NARP analysis.
The Trump budget seeks to eliminate all federal funding for Amtrak’s national train network as well as making major cuts in spending on capital investment and transit expansion programs.
Small and rural communities, where residents were more likely to have voted for Trump, would be disproportionately affected by a plan to cut $2.4 billion in transportation spending, according to NARP analysis.
The Trump budget seeks to eliminate all federal funding for Amtrak’s national train network as well as making major cuts in spending on capital investment and transit expansion programs.
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