Amtrak is the national passenger rail network of the United States operating over 21,300 miles of track and 300 trains daily as a publicly funded company. However, Amtrak faces issues like a lack of service in key areas, poor visibility, late and expensive service. The document proposes four steps to improve Amtrak: 1) upgrade train service and improve reliability/customer service, 2) heavily market Amtrak, 3) increase service to more city centers, and 4) consider privatizing Amtrak.

1. AMTRAK
HOW DO WE IMPROVE

2. AMTRAK
?
WHAT IS
Amtrak is the national passenger rail network
of theUnited States, operating as a publicly
funded, for-profit company over 21,300 miles
of track and over 300 trains daily.

3. AMTR
AK
WHAT IS WRONG
WITH
Lack of service in key parts of country
Not visible as mode of transportation
Late Service
Expensive Fares
“Well that’s not how we do things at Amtrak”
- Amtrak Conductor

4. SO WHAT
CAN WE
DO?

5. WE CAN FIX AMTRAK…
THROUGH
THESE STEPS
Upgrade Train
Service
Improve Reliability/
Customer Service
Market Heavily Privatize
1 2 3 4

6. AMTRAK
1
IMPROVE
RELIABILITY
AND
CUSTOMER
SERVICELESS THAN 50% OF
AMTRAK TRAINS ARE ON-
TIME
1
1 - Washington Post

7. AMTRAK
2 MARKET
HEAVILY
Amtrak ridership has
increased to 31 million
passengers as of 2013
2
2 - National Association
of Railroad Passengers

8. 3
AMTRAK
3 INCREASE
SERVICE
Over 30 major city centers are
not connected to the national
Amtrak system.
3 - Liquid Search
Transportation of America

9. AMTRAK
4 PRIVATIZE
From its’ inception 44 years
ago, Amtrak has received over
45 billion dollars in subsidies
4
4 - The Economist

10. AMTRAK— AMERICA’S RA
“A train is a small world moving through a big world” - Elisha Cooper

11. AMTRAK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
▸ 1)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/07/10/the-
sorry-state-of-amtraks-on-time-performance-mapped/
▸ 2) https://www.narprail.org/our-issues/ridership-statistics/
▸ 3)
http://www.liquisearch.com/list_of_major_cities_in_us_lacking_amt
rak_service
▸ 4) http://www.economics21.org/commentary/PRRIA-2015-amtrak-
reform-subsidies-privatization-2015-03-06