Amtrak’s Pere Marquette arrives to the Padnos Transportation Center in Holland, Mich. and passengers gather on the platform to board the train bound for Chicago, Ill. on Nov. 25, 2004.. (Photo by John Langdon)
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USDOT releases annual Amtrak report
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation office of the Inspector General released its Congressionally-mandated annual report on Amtrak Nov. 22, 2004.
In the report, USDOT Inspector General Kenneth Mead is critical of plans to continue operating Amtrak in its current manner.
“Unsustainably large operating losses, poor on-time performance, and increasing levels of deferred infrastructure and fleet investment are a clarion call to the need for significant changes in Amtrak’s strategy,” Mead wrote in a memo accompanying the report. “Continued deferral brings Amtrak closer to a major point of failure on the system but no one knows where or when such a failure will occur.”
A copy of the report is available on the USDOT website.
The National Association of Rail Passengers issued a press release critical of the D.O.T. report Nov. 22. It is located at http://www.narprail.org/r04.htm.
Check MARP’s news page for the national and local media’s news perspective on the report.
Boarding in Kalamazoo
Passengers board Amtrak’s Blue Water train at the former Michigan Central Station in Kalamazoo Nov. 13, 2004. Click HERE for more information about Amtrak’s services in Michigan. (Photo by J.R. Valderas)
Ogden Dunes
Amtrak’s Wolverine train passes through the Ogden Dunes area of Indiana Oct. 16, 2004 on its Chicago to Detroit route. Click HERE for more information about Amtrak’s services in Michigan. (Photo by J.R. Valderas)
Ann Arbor-Detroit rail transit study
In October 2004, SEMCOG hosted public environmental impact meetings for the proposed Ann Arbor-Airport-Detroit rail/transit study that could lead to the resumption of commuter train service on the line.
More recently, this project received a $100 million grant to continue to the next phase of the study.
More information is available at the project website: www.annarbordetroitrapidtransitstudy.com.