I'm just gonna leave this right here:
https://media.amtrak.com/2020/11/st...resident-as-part-of-new-leadership-structure/
https://media.amtrak.com/2020/11/st...resident-as-part-of-new-leadership-structure/
What is this conclusion based upon?I’m willing to bet that Gardner and the upcoming Biden Administration share the same viewpoint regarding the future of Amtrak.
I think it is more likely being done following the lead of our current President, ie Place people in positions now before the new Administration takes office.I’m willing to bet that Gardner and the upcoming Biden Administration share the same viewpoint regarding the future of Amtrak.
I stand corrected. According to the article in Railway Age, Gardner has been positioned to become President since 2017, but not acted upon since they knew Elaine Chao and The Republication administration would not approve. But Biden provides the green light to make the change.I think it is more likely being done following the lead of our current President, ie Place people in positions now before the new Administration takes office.
Sorry to be the bearer of some unpalatable set of facts. Make what you might of them. But they are known facts....Re-arranging the deck chairs on the titanic IMHO and an effort to pass the blame before Biden becomes president and names someone who knows what they are doing.
I’m willing to bet that Gardner and the upcoming Biden Administration share the same viewpoint regarding the future of Amtrak.
I don’t like the fact Gardner is in tight with prominent Dems but that’s a case of, it is what it is and let’s see what happens.
I stand corrected. According to the article in Railway Age, Gardner has been positioned to become President since 2017, but not acted upon since they new Elaine Chao and The Republication administration would not approve. But Biden provides the green light to make the change.
Not good IMHO....
Actually I have no idea whether Biden and Gardner share detailed views about Amtrak, and I also doubt that Biden has very detailed views about Amtrak.
I’m willing to bet that Gardner and the upcoming Biden Administration share the same viewpoint regarding the future of Amtrak.
^This^I don’t think this means much - really just a reorganization and changing around of titles. He is still the #2 guy in charge of day to day as he was before. First of all I don’t think anyone at Amtrak wants to eliminate all 15 long distance routes. I think they have issues with some routes and believe in some network changes to help reposition the focus to spurring corridor growth but even Gardner has stated that there are “appropriate long distance routes” that they should operate.
Now obviously for many of us cutting even one of the routes is not or shouldn’t be considered acceptable - but there is a difference between wanting to make changes and wanting to eliminate altogether. And I think Gardner (along with Amtrak’s board) is the former.
As a former Congressional staffer I’m sure he knows more than anyone than when it comes to Congress you never get completely your way. If Gardner has to keep running the long distance routes to get more money for corridor development he’ll happily do it.
I'm extremely interested to hear where in the world you came up with this.... Gardner has been part of the reason for the extreme decline in the GOOD things of Amtrak.
Richard Anderson was following what the board wanted him to do. I personally believe that Mr. Gardner was in the board ear about it.
I'll include an interview that he did with WSJ last year. I'll let his words do the explaining on why he shouldn't even be employed in the roll, let alone with Amtrak.
I actually feel the opposite...Let Amtrak run the long distance trains, and let the Northeast Corridor Region become an independent entity owned by a consortium authority of the states it serves, with the same proportional federal subsidy provided to Amtrak, or local urban mass transit districts...If Amtrak doesn't want to fund the National Network that's fine we should then get a private operator to run the long distance trains with the existing subsidy that Amtrak gets and let Amtrak have their precious corridor.
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