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Proposal ID663
Proposal2012 Platform amendment proposal: Transportation - VA
PresenterPlatform Committee Sponsored by GPVA
Floor ManagerBudd Dickinson
PhaseClosed - Adopted
Discussion05-08-2012 - 05-20-2012
Voting05-21-2012 - 05-27-2012
Presens QuorumTwo Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Consens QuorumTwo Thirds of Yes and No Votes

Background

To end the dependence of passenger trains upon the grudging cooperation of for-profit freight railroads. Changes in freight service have caused some Amtrak routes to be delayed or eliminated. If a local transit agency is in a position to maintain the track, that is preferable to ownership by Amtrak, a single carrier whose management is not directly responsible to the general public.

Proposal

Add as III. D. 2. g. of the GPUS platform:

"Transfer ownership and operation of all intercity railroad trackage currently under control of freight railroads to responsible and adequately-funded public agencies, as is done with highways, to provide for efficiency and safety of all rail traffic."

Resources

IMPLEMENTATION: Approval of this proposal will amend the 2012 Draft Platform, to be presented for approval at the 2012 Presidential Nominating Convention

CONTACT: Jan Martell, co-chair, 919-682-2472, ninth.st@frontier.com
Bruce Hinkforth, co-chair, 262-569-1370, bhinkforth@milwpc.com
Section editor: Michael Canney, alachuagreen@gmail.com

References

2010 Platform: http://www.gp.org/committees/platform/2010/index.php
Proposition 636: http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=636




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