From the Department of Transportation, Office of Public Affairs: "U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces Latest Driving Data, New Funding to Improve Intercity Passenger Rail"

As Americans continue a historic cut back on driving and turn to other forms of transportation like rail and transit, a new approach to funding intercity passenger rail projects will lead to improved service and better on-time performance across the country, announced U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today. (Read more here.)