Between the Iran war and the TSA meltdown at airports, the online chatter about people taking Amtrak is showing Americans want more trains, but Amtrak does not have the capacity we need. We must invest in electrified passenger rail. How many more warnings about oil dependence are we going to ignore?

https://www.hsrail.org/blog/when-america-wants-to-ride-will-the-trains-be-waiting/