Meeting Materials

FRA is engaging with State DOTs, Amtrak, Class I Railroads, metropolitan planning organizations, regional passenger rail authorities, local officials, federally recognized tribes, and the broader stakeholder community as we evaluate how to better connect people with long-distance rail services.

Regional working group meetings were held in six regions across the country during January and February 2023 – Northeast, Southeast, Central, Midwest, Southwest, and Northwest. During the working group meetings, participants reviewed the study’s requirements and existing and discontinued long-distance passenger rail services. They then discussed options for advancing evaluations of potential routes and how Amtrak and communities can work together to improve use of intercity passenger rail service along long-distance routes. In the coming months, FRA will hold additional working group meetings to keep stakeholders informed about the Study’s progress.

Materials from the working group meetings held in January and February are available below. We will post new materials after future working group meetings.

If you have any comments or questions, please submit them via the web form on the homepage or to [email protected]. Due to the breadth of the study, it may not be possible to respond to all feedback, but all feedback will be reviewed by the team and captured in our report.

Meeting Series 1

February 20, 2023

Working Group Overview Materials

Overview Presentation

PowerPoint presentation containing national overview information pertaining to Long-Distance service, scope of the FRA Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study, overview of current national Long-Distance network and routes, overview of discontinued routes, baseline and market conditions, potential new market conditions and opportunities, evaluation factors, coordination opportunities with Amtrak and the community, and study next steps.  

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Working Group Meeting Summary

Summary of engagement at the six regional working groups.  

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Southeast Working Group Materials

Southeast Presentation

PowerPoint of slides specifically for the Southeast region. Information includes current long-distance network and routes and baseline and market conditions pertaining to the Southeast region.  

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Southeast Mural Exercise

Snapshot of the Mural exercise from the working group meeting. The Mural exercise included brainstorming questions for working group members to consider, including previously discontinued routes, frequencies and service changes, potential new routes, and evaluation factors.

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Northeast Working Group Materials

Northeast Presentation

PowerPoint of slides specifically for the Northeast region. Information includes current long-distance network and routes and baseline and market conditions pertaining to the Northeast region.  

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Northeast Mural Exercise

Snapshot of the Mural exercise from the working group meeting. The Mural exercise included brainstorming questions for working group members to consider, including previously discontinued routes, frequencies and service changes, potential new routes, and evaluation factors 

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Central Working Group Materials

Central Presentation

PowerPoint of slides specifically for the Central region. Information includes current long-distance network and routes and baseline and market conditions pertaining to the Central region.

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Central Mural Exercise

Snapshot of the Mural exercise from the working group meeting. The Mural exercise included brainstorming questions for working group members to consider, including previously discontinued routes, frequencies and service changes, potential new routes, and evaluation factors 

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Midwest Working Group Materials

Midwest Presentation

PowerPoint of slides specifically for the Midwest region. Information includes current long-distance network and routes and baseline and market conditions pertaining to the Midwest region. 

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Midwest Mural Exercise

Snapshot of the Mural exercise from the working group meeting. The Mural exercise included brainstorming questions for working group members to consider, including previously discontinued routes, frequencies and service changes, potential new routes, and evaluation factors 

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Northwest Working Group Materials

Northwest Presentation

PowerPoint of slides specifically for the Northwest region. Information includes current long-distance network and routes and baseline and market conditions pertaining to the Northwest region.  

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Northwest Mural Exercise

Snapshot of the Mural exercise from the working group meeting. The Mural exercise included brainstorming questions for working group members to consider, including previously discontinued routes, frequencies and service changes, potential new routes, and evaluation factors 

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Southwest Working Group Materials

Southwest Presentation

PowerPoint of slides specifically for the Southwest region. Information includes current long-distance network and routes and baseline and market conditions pertaining to the Southwest region.  

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Southwest Mural Exercise

Snapshot of the Mural exercise from the working group meeting. The Mural exercise included brainstorming questions for working group members to consider, including previously discontinued routes, frequencies and service changes, potential new routes, and evaluation factors 

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