GULF COAST STAKEHOLDERS - CALL TO ACTION!

Our legislative leaders in Washington are working right now with the FY18 Federal budget. Several key programs that are critical for passenger rail are at stake. 

Please TAKE ACTION NOW and send members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees letters that express your support for funding essential programs in the FY18 budget that will benefit the Gulf Coast Passenger Rail project. These letters can be sent by email or U.S. Post. Your letters will join with others being sent by key stakeholders across America’s Gulf Coast,  including mayors of communities along the suspended route, businesses, chambers of commerce, and economic development organizations. Please join in sending these letters and making clear our region’s support for these vitally needed rail programs.

Our support is focused on:

►  CONTINUED FUNDING FOR AMTRAK’s LONG DISTANCE INTERCITY NETWORK

Without the Long-Distance Network, there will be no Gulf Coast service of any kind

►  SUPPORT THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF A DAILY GULF COAST PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE

►  FULLY FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTING ALL PASSENGER RAIL PROGRAMS CREATED BY THE FAST ACT OF 2015

There IS strong bipartisan support in our legislative leadership for improving the nation’s passenger rail service, and especially to restore service across America’s Gulf Coast.  But these leaders need to hear not only from the Mayors, businesses, and planning organizations, but from everyone involved in generating economic resilience in our region – and that means YOU.  This show of regional support will help back up their continuing legislative efforts and keep rail programs funded. These letters will give them additional evidence that we want passenger rail service supporting the economic growth of our communities !

template letters to House & senate commerce

To download Template Letter to House Commerce Committee, CLICK HERE

To download Template Letter to Senate Commerce Committee, CLICK HERE

VIDEOS

The town of Live Oak, Florida presented testimonies in support of passenger rail service to their community.