Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.

It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.

There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system.

If Amtrak fails, intercity passenger rail will be gone in this country, ... If we can't make it at Amtrak, we're all in trouble.

You come to Washington, there's a rail bill, there's a highway bill, there's a aviation bill. But when you go home, there's an airport, there's a highway, there's a rail, there's transit. It all has to work together.

Every summer it's the high point and (airlines) chase passengers like crazy. The urge to chase the incremental passenger is going to be too great for many of them resist.