Amtrak funding threatened by MO legislative committee
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Wed, 03/09/2005 - 3:46pm
Citizens for Modern Transit released this announcement today
The Missouri House Appropriations Committee for Transportation and Economic Development approved an amendment to eliminate $6.4 million in funding for the twice-daily Amtrak service between Kansas City and St. Louis. Governor Blunt had recommended full funding for the passenger rail service in his budget. CMT Board member Mike Swoboda, mayor of Kirkwood, and Thomas R. Shrout, Jr., executive director, testified before the committee last Monday about the importance of the passenger rail service to the 10 communities it serves. CMT members and friends may wish to write their legislators about Amtrak.
Amtrak routes across Missouri allow bicycles to be rolled aboard.
[Thanks to Carrie at STLBikeFed for the tip.]
Tags:
- News
- Tour of Missouri
- about
- amtrak
- bicycles
- board
- budget
- city
- economic development
- funding
- governor
- governor blunt
- house
- illinois
- kansas
- kansas city
- members
- missouri
- Missouri Tourism
- routes
- st louis regional bicycle federation
- transit
- transportation
- vacation
- Amtrak
- CDATA
- Committee for Transportation
- Electrification
- Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center
- Kansas City
- Kirkwood
- Kirkwood
- Mike Swoboda
- Missouri
- Open Travel Alliance
- Passenger rail transport in the United States
- Rail transport in the United States
- Rail transportation in the United States
- St. Louis
- Swoboda
- Technology
- Thomas R. Shrout , Jr.
- Transportation in the United States
- XML
Join MoBikeFed's Advocacy Network
MoBikeFed is a statewide group of people like you, working together for better bicycling, walking, and trails in Missouri. When you join our advocacy network you receive occasional important advocacy alerts and bicycle, pedestrian, and trails news from around Missouri.
Working together we make a real difference! Join our advocacy network:
Working together we make a real difference! Join our advocacy network:
Related pages
Current topics...
Archives...
Want better bicycling and walking in Missouri?
We rely on the support of members like you. Please join, renew, or donate today.
- Home
- JOIN/DONATE
- News/Info
- Missouri Bicycling, Running, Trails
- Bicycle Skills and Safety
- Missouri Bike/Ped Law
- Clubs and Organizations
- Bike Shops
- Running Shops
- Bicycling, Running, Trails-related Businesses
- Ride, Run, Walk, Hike, Triathlon, and Events Calendars
- Bicycles on Amtrak
- Maps and Routes
- Trails and Trail Maps
- IBikeMO.org
- Planning a Missouri bicycle trip
- Gravel and Bikepacking Maps & Routes
- Bicycle & Touring Routes
- Advocacy
- Campaigns
- Our Legislative Platform
- Complete Streets
- Statewide Rock Island Trail
- Statewide Trail Vision - Quad State Trail
- Bicycle Friendly Missouri
- Walk Friendly Missouri
- Safe Routes to School
- MoDOT funding crisis
- High Priority Bike/Ped Project List
- Anti-harassment laws in cities & statewide
- Updating the basic bicycle law
- Our Vision for MoDOT
- Our Vision for MPOs/RPCs
- Our Vision for Cities & Counties
- Bicycle, pedestrian, trails plans across MO
- Protecting Vulnerable Road Users
- Vision Zero
- Missouri Trail Towns
- Store
- About