Cliff Black
Cliff Black
approach careful educate enforce existing grade onto people
You have got to educate people, and you need to enforce existing laws, so that people do not intrude onto grade crossings and that people are more careful as they approach grade crossings.
amount beyond impossible proceed regret train trains tremendous until
We really regret this, but this was beyond Amtrak's ability. This made it impossible for our trains to proceed until this morning, and even then there was a tremendous amount of freight train congestion.
people
We will be severely delayed. But we need to get the people to their destinations.
discomfort help terrible
We will do that to help alleviate the discomfort because of the terrible delays.
bringing corridor good million northeast playing spending state year
We are spending $250 million a year on the Northeast Corridor infrastructure. We are playing catch-up, but we are well on our way to bringing the Northeast Corridor to a state of good repair.
amtrak both
There are pluses for both Amtrak and its passengers.
add items list wish
Would we add items to our wish list of capital; projects? Yes. But we are getting back on track.
perhaps
We don't know what ignited it, perhaps a leak.
interested large myth operate passenger riding train trains wherever
Americans want and need passenger train service, ... They've demonstrated that by riding our trains wherever we operate them in large numbers. It is a myth that no one is interested in riding long-distance passenger trains.
advance although driven follow number strictly time
The fares will not be driven strictly by time of day, or day of week, although we will loosely follow that. They will be driven by the number of advance reservations and are keyed to times of day, to some extent.
cost keeps
The cost of propulsion, the cost of fuel, keeps going up.
adjust amtrak conditions costs energy higher including increased level market operation produce respond response risen variety
Amtrak must respond to increased costs of operation which have risen for a variety of reasons, including higher energy costs. We periodically adjust fares upward in response to market conditions and we try to set fares at a level that will produce the most revenue.