U.S. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015, or PRRIA. The regulation improves the infrastructure, reduces costs, creates greater accountability and transparency, leverages private sector resources, and accelerates project delivery for Amtrak and the Nation’s passenger rail transportation system.
“This is a good reform bill that firmly moves passenger rail towards greater transparency and accountability, and forces Amtrak to operate like a true business,” said Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, that introduced this regulation.
Passenger rail presents one of the best transportation alternatives for relieving congestion on some of the Nation’s most crowded highways and in airspace. However, the rail system and Amtrak – the country’s intercity passenger rail provider – must be reformed and improved.
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