Shortly before coronavirus hit, Green, the director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Jacksonville State University, completed a study titled “The Economic Impact of Passenger Rail Expansion on the State of Alabama”that is getting a lot of visibility in Alabama.
Conducted for the Southern Rail Commission, a three-state compact (Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana), Green looked at the economic impact of expanding passenger rail service within Alabama, specifically from Birmingham to Montgomery, from Montgomery to Mobile, and from Atlanta to Birmingham.