The mission of the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) is to work for a modern, customer-focused national passenger train network that provides a travel choice Americans want.
NARP is the largest national membership advocacy organization for train and rail transit passengers. We have worked since 1967 to expand the quality and quantity of passenger rail in the United States. Our work is supported by around 20,000 individual members.
NARP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Dues and contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Mailing Address: 505 Capitol Court, NE, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20002-7706 |
Phone: 202-408-8362 Fax: 202-408-8287 Email: narp(at)narprail.org |
NARP is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, which is elected by the all-volunteer Council of Representatives, our national advisory body elected by the general membership by state. Click here for a list of Directors and Representatives. Click here for profiles of NARP's Washington, DC professional staff.
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A sizable crowd came to Tallahassee, Florida's former Amtrak station on Saturday, garnering positive media exposure for NARP's joint effort to bring Amtrak service back to the New Orleans-Florida route that has been "suspended" since 2005. There was free food, live music and a party-type atmosphere, but most of the attendees were there for a reason: they want Amtrak service back in their Gulf Coast communities. The locals interviewed by WCTV-TV expressed how much the...
The House Appropriations bill is expected on the floor next week. Please urge your representative to oppose anything that would reduce Amtrak funding. There are reports of an amendment, possibly by Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ), to eliminate the $500 million bridge and tunnel grant within the Amtrak capital program. That money is vital both for capital and the potential to switch $80 million of it to Amtrak operations. The bridge and tunnel money could go to tracks owned by...
Reporter Susan Sward recently interviewed me for a Sacramento Bee piece profiling the dramatic change seen in the Capitol Corridor over the past thirty years (www.sacbee.com/2012/06/17/4565878/capitol-corridor-hums-along.html)—not only its booming ridership, but the cultural change its success has facilitated.Sward's examines the role (former NARP board member) Eugene Skoropowski played in developing the San Francisco Bay Area to Sacramento rail corridor: When the Capitol Corridor line began operating in 1991, it had six daily trains between Sacramento...
[via Visit Tallahassee (www.visittallahassee.com/news/view/107/)]Local residents and rail passenger enthusiasts in the surrounding areas will come together to celebrate “Bring Bak Amtrak!” with a rally on June 23 at 11 a.m. The rally’s goal is to restore the Amtrak Sunset Limited Service between New Orleans and Jacksonville through Tallahassee.Events begin at the Historic Tallahassee Amtrak Station with “Rally at Railroad Square,” featuring food, drinks, keynote speakers and live music by JB’s Zydeco Zoo. Ralliers round out...
In Washington, they say if someone’s not complaining about you, you’re probably doing something wrong. So perhaps we over at NARP should be pleased by the attention we’re getting from the National Review Online. (www.nationalreview.com/corner/303102/morning-outrage-amtrak-edition-veronique-de-rugy) Mostly, however, I’m disappointed. The federal government has spent more than $34 billion in general revenue taxpayer dollars (that is, tax dollars from sources other than user-fees, like the gas tax) on highways since 2008 alone. The surface transportation reauthorization bill currently being debated...
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