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Biden Celebrates Amtrak’s 50th Anniversary

President Biden visited Philadelphia on Friday to mark Amtrak’s anniversary and used the occasion to promote his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, which includes $80 billion for mass transit.

It’s an honor to celebrate Amtrak’s 50th anniversary. I look forward to a bright future for all American rail. And Amtrak wasn’t just a way of getting home, it provided me — and I’m not joking — an entire other family, a community dedicated, professional, and that we’ve shared milestones in my life, and I’ve been allowed to share milestones in theirs. We have to build back better. And today, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to position Amtrak and rail, and inner-city rail as well in general, to play a central role in our transformation and transportation economic future. Think of what it will mean for opportunity if we can connect Milwaukee to Green Bay to Madison, Scranton and Allentown to New York, Indianapolis to Louisville and much, much more. It’s going to provide jobs and will also accommodate jobs. And what this means is that towns and cities that have been in danger of being left out and left behind will be back in the game. It means families don’t have to sacrifice the cost of living or quality of access to opportunity that sometimes only occurs if they live in the big city. We have a huge opportunity here to provide fast, safe, reliable, clean transportation in this country. And transit is part of the infrastructure.

U.S. & Politics

Biden Celebrates Amtrak’s 50th Anniversary

By Reuters April 30, 2021

President Biden visited Philadelphia on Friday to mark Amtrak’s anniversary and used the occasion to promote his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, which includes $80 billion for mass transit.

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