"When Amtrak started running the Mardi Gras Service started running between New Orleans and Mobile in August, it restored passenger rail to the Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. To make that happen, though, required a decade-long effort - and the creation of a new national rail program that has had ripple effects acrossAmerica."
"Check out this fantastic short documentary from our friends at Smart Growth America, who fought hard behind the scenes to reimagine the policies and funding streams that power the country's passenger trains, starting in the South. And learn more about the dramatic untold history of how advocates are breaking boundaries to keep the trains running - and to get new ones rolling."
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service between New Orleans and Mobile resumed passenger rail to the Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Achieving service restoration required about a decade of effort and the establishment of a new national rail program with nationwide ripple effects. Smart Growth America helped reimagine policies and funding streams that support passenger trains, focusing initial efforts in the South. Advocates worked behind the scenes to change funding structures, break institutional boundaries, preserve existing routes, and create momentum for new services.
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