Repugs continue to beat the Amtrak privatization drum
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said Thursday the United States should take baby steps toward privatization of rail service in Amtraks northeast corridor.
Shuster said he will not push for complete Amtrak privatization, like his predecessor, Rep. John Mica (R-Pa.).
But the new Transportation Committee chairman said Thursday that he would look for opportunities to introduce private companies to the northeast, which is Amtraks most profitable corridor.
Were not at the point where were going to have two competing companies on the line on the northeast corridor, Shuster said. (There are) baby steps we have to take to bring the private sector into the operations of it, whether its operating the equipment, whether its operating the personnel on the train that sell the tickets ... theres lot different ways to do it to bring the private sector in. .................(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/railroads/294757-shuster-calls-for-baby-steps-toward-amtrak-privatization