America's Thriving Passenger Railroads- March 13, 2008 The Long Island Rail Road is the busiest passenger railroad in the United States. (Photo by David Wong RailPictures.net)The American Public Transportation Association released its 2007 ridership statistics last week. The regional railroad statistics (pdf) show the numbers behind a booming industry. Overall, ridership is up 5.4% year-over-year, and up 11.3% over five years. Two fledgling new passenger railroads have come into being in the Sunbelt in the last five years: Rail Runner Express in...http://www.startsandfits.com/2008/03/americas-thriving-passenger-railroads.html |