[20210701]IN11688_美铁、北大西洋铁路联盟寻求对客运铁路提案的支持.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Amtrak, North Atlantic Rail Alliance Seek Support for Passenger Rail Proposals Updated July 1, 2021 Two organizations have recently released multi-year, multi-billion dollar proposals for investment in intercity passenger rail. One, the federally owned passenger railroad Amtrak, seeks roughly $75 billion to add or initiate service on dozens of routes across the country by 2035. The other, the private North Atlantic Rail Alliance, would spend an estimated $105 billion to construct a new high-speed rail alternative to the existing Northeast Corridor (NEC) line from New York to Boston, plus new or upgraded branch lines. Both organizations have requested various measures supportive of their plans to be included in federal legislation. Some of thesethough not allwere included in bills passed by the House (H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act) and marked up in the Senate (S. 2016, the Surface Transportation Investment Act). ConnectsUS 2035 Amtraks proposal, ConnectsUS 2035, identifies some 40 potential new routes and another 20 or so existing routes that would receive improved service, such as additional trains