The Southern Rail Commission recently visited Washington, D.C., asking legislators to support the SRC’s application for Restoration and Enhancement (R&E) Grants and help back new, improved, daily passenger rail service between Mobile, AL, and New Orleans, with daily stops at town centers across Mississippi. They also advocated for making passenger rail a priority in surface transportation reauthorization by improving and expanding expiring passenger rail grant programs, promoting regional collaboration, preserving and expanding the existing national network, and reforming the overall system to better integrate passenger rail.

Chairman Wiley Blankenship (AL), Secretary/Treasurer Knox Ross (MS), Vice-Chairman John Spain (LA), and Commissioner Stephen McNair, Ph.D. (AL) in D.C.