The Internet can speed information dissemination and help the cause of passenger rail. From this page, rail advocates can find information on passenger rail support, how to write your elected representatives and other information to help argue for the case of passenger trains. More information will be added in the future. The Webmaster will be happy to post additional materials visitors suggest as useful.
Ideas to improve Kansas-Oklahoma-Texas Amtrak service../
Federal & state elected officials
Names to contact with letter and e-mail campaigns. Includes
telephone and fax numbers as well as other representatives'
district offices. Updated 08/03.More
federal lawmaker links from NARP
Sample letter This is a sample letter you can
customize to write your Congressional representatives and
senators.
Passenger Rail Points
Valuable information to help argue for passenger rail. Includes
flyers, handouts, essays and other writings by people ranging
from travel agents to Amtrak Reform Council members.
Rail
passenger discussion groups News and discussion. Keep
informed on latest service additions, changes, proposals and
legislation affecting U.S. passenger rail.
Links to state & national rail passenger advocacy
organizations Extensive listing of links to other
national and state pro-passenger rail groups.
Never ending subsidies!
Get the low-down on billions of dollars the federal government
spends on highways, airplane travel and waterways, yet at the
same time demands passenger rail become self-sufficient.
Amtrak
statistics (from Natl. Assn. of Rail Passengers)
Common Amtrak
myths
Answers to some of the recurring misleading statements that
frequently appear in news reports or in conversation about Amtrak and passenger
rail.
Passenger
rail-related information and links
The Most Dangerous Ways to Travel Safety statistics from the
National Transportation Safety Board that show the most dangerous
forms of travel, broken down by mode.
Amtrak's America Article (2000) describes how
well Amtrak serves America's metropolitan statistical areas.
Amtrak cities served Tables detail cities that Amtrak
passenger trains serve. This information graphically shows how
many U.S. cities of significant population do not have passenger
train service.
Population of Amtrak routes
