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DELAND -- The Volusia County Council signaled Thursday it remains committed to the troubled Central Florida commuter rail project by voting to extend by one year the key legal agreement underlying it.
The agreement between the state Department of Transportation and Volusia, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties and the city of Orlando was due to expire Dec. 31.
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An Amtrak route that goes through Jacksonville on the way to New Orleans may return next year.
Or Amtrak could spend $1 million that Congress gave it for a study of the route - and then do nothing.
The Sunset Limited Route from Orlando to New Orleans was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina damaged CSX train tracks in 2005. The route still runs from New Orleans to Los Angeles.
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In the next several years, Floridians are going to find the answer to "What if …?"
What if they hadn't let former Gov. Jeb Bush convince them that a high-speed train connecting Florida's five major metropolitan areas - beginning with a Tampa Bay-Orlando link - was a bad idea?
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Amtrak's CEO, Alex Kummant, resigned Friday after two years on the job and following unspecified differences with the board of the national passenger railroad.
William Crosbie, Amtrak's chief operating officer, will serve as acting president and CEO. Kummant's resignation is effective immediately, but he will participate in the leadership transition, Amtrak said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Until Hurricane Katrina ripped up the railroad tracks east of the Mississippi, Amtrak's Sunset Limited ran from Los Angeles to Sanford. The tracks were repaired long ago, but Amtrak didn't return east of New Orleans.
The national passenger railroad has said that the service was ineffective and made little financial sense for a company with limited resources. But that explanation doesn't satisfy U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., who chairs a rail subcommittee and whose district felt the impact of suspended service.
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(11-05) 12:05 PST LARKSPUR -- North Bay voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax to help pay for a commuter rail system and bicycle-pedestrian pathway from Cloverdale in Sonoma County to near the Larkspur Ferry Terminal in Marin County.
The measure, which needed a combined two-thirds majority in Sonoma and Marin counties to pass, took 73.5 percent of the vote in Sonoma and garnered 63 percent in Marin. It's the second time in two years that North Bay voters have been asked to approve the tax measure. Proponents say the 70-mile rail line would help improve the environment and reduce the snail's-pace commute on Highway 101.
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Sound Transit leaders today congratulated Seattle-area voters for giving future generations a regional train system.
Proposition 1, the $17.9 billion measure to expand light rail, commuter train and bus service, won easily, despite the national economic slump.
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WASHINGTON — After a half-century as more of a curiosity than a convenience, passenger trains are getting back on track in some parts of the country.
The high cost of energy, coupled with congestion on highways and at airports, is drawing travelers back to trains not only for commuting but also for travel between cities as much as 500 miles apart.
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At a rate of 72 percent, voters across the country in 16 states approved 23 measures out of 32 state and local public transit-related ballot initiatives, authorizing expenditures approximating $75 billion.
“It is significant to note that in a time of economic uncertainty, more than 70 percent of transit-related ballot measures passed as people voted to raise public revenue in order to improve public transportation,” said American Public Transportation Association President William W. Millar. “Americans understand that public transportation has many benefits. Taking public transportation is the quickest way to beat high gas prices and save money. It is also one of the most effective actions a person can take to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change.”
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Yesterday, railroads and rail labor unions extolled Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) victory in the presidential election on Tuesday and contemplated his Administration's impact on rail issues.
Speaking on behalf of the rail industry, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) congratulated Obama on his election.
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· Tri-Rail shouts 'all aboard' to biodiesel (Nov 10, 2008)
· DART posts all-time-high ridership in FY08 (Nov 08, 2008)
· Calif. Voters approve $10 billion bond for bullet trains (Nov 07, 2008)
· VRE continues to boost on-time performance (Nov 06, 2008)
· Business by train: Amtrak, Metra (Nov 05, 2008)
· Passenger trains gain favor with public, Congress (Nov 04, 2008)
· Elections '08 will steer rail policy (Nov 03, 2008)
· Two sides to transit agencies’ success story (Nov 01, 2008)
· Big surge in Amtrak ridership in Illinois (Oct 31, 2008)
· Sharing the (rail) road key to transportation future (Oct 30, 2008)
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