look dude believe what you want to believe and I know what is. If you right then cool no big deal...if I'm right then you really need to get your facts straight.
$5M in fed funds relieves Rail Runner budget crunch
The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is receiving nearly $5 million in additional federal funds.
Steven Shaw, chairman of the Rio Metro Regional Transit District, said the money will offset the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality federal funds...
fares cover about 14% of the operating costs. Fees paid by BNSF and Amtrak cover another 7%. The voter-approved tax for Rail Runner operations contributes another 54%, and Federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality funds from the New Mexico Department of Transportation cover the remaining 25%...
Las Vegas
The 13,500 resident town of Las Vegas, New Mexico saw 5,400 board and alight the SWC in
2013. Local schools and universities include New Mexico Highlands University and the United
World College. Albuquerque is the primary commercial airport serving the city, although the
far...
Southwest Chief Rail Service: Engineering Cost Estimate Review and Economic Analysis. Frank Sharpless, Transit and Rail Director, Department of Transportation (DOT) presented.
Sharpless provided an overview to Amtrak and the Southwest Chief route and a summary of how the studies were...
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NMDOT Releases Three Studies Funded by 2014 Legislature
The November 6th meeting was key to the future of the Chief as the first two agenda items were a detailed discussion of the three studies funded by the 2014 legislature and/or commissioned by the New Mexico Department of...
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Southwest Chief Rail Service: An Examination of State Authorities and Limitations Pursuant to the Constitution of New Mexico. Arthur J. Waskey, Contract Staff Attorney Legislative Council Service presented. This study focused in particular on the "anti-donation" clause in the Constitution...
The state of NM and Governor Susana Martinez ordered several studies....study 1 see if the SWC better on the southern route and could NM get or loose more and if the SWC better where she is. Before the recent elections I HAD A MEETING WITH FORMER AG GARY KING whos office is experience is to...
Amtrak has said the early numbers of re routing the chief are too high for Amtrak's checkbook and is more expense to re route the Chief, then to just keep the chief where she is.