Show of Support for Amtrak Funding by Northeast Business Leaders
The Business Alliance for Northeast Mobility, a coalition of chambers of commerce and economic policy groups in the Northeast megaregion, met with lawmakers yesterday in the U.S. Capitol to show their support for funding Amtrak's capital needs in the Northeast Corridor and improving intercity and regional rail service. The Business Alliance, which is chaired by the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and Regional Plan Association, was joined by Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE), Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Amtrak president and CEO Alex Kummant (above).
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urge coordination of state and local land-use plans with transportation policy. She underscored the importance of federal transportation policy to meet the challenges of climate change, competitiveness and social equity. To the last point, she added that after all, the Civil Rights movement began with "one very brave woman on a city bus; Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, who dubbed herself the "Sewer Mayor," shared her experience of rebuilding the deteriorating water infrastructure in the City of Atlanta and highlighted the importance of partnering with the federal government to address Atlanta's water infrastructure crisis.

