The Biden infrastructure law will provide the largest federal investment into passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak 50 years ago. But Indiana’s appetite for taking advantage of this money is noncommittal and lackluster, at best.
President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law.A family of six stands out among the phone-scrolling, sleepy-eyed passengers waiting inside Indianapolis' drab Amtrak and Greyhound lobby at 5 a.m. on a recent Thursday.
"That'd be great, to not have to worry about parking," he said."I don't think about it most of the time ― I just get in my car and drive."since the creation of Amtrak 50 years ago. It allocates $66 billion to rail over the next 5 years, $22 billion of which is reserved for Amtrak. Of the remaining $36 billion in grant money set aside for the development of new or reinstated rail lines, $12 billion is available to corridors outside the Northeast.
The last remaining interurban line, the South Shore Line in northern Indiana, has survived ― and is expanding ― because of its connection to Chicago. The southern half of the state has no passenger rail access at all.In the Indianapolis area, lawmakers specifically excluded rail from the funding that's led to the development of the bus rapid transit lines.
that identifies priority corridors. Reinstating daily Indianapolis to Chicago service is the first priority, Brier said. The second priority is Indianapolis to Louisville, since southern Indiana has no service whatsoever. Brier said the agency is in regular communication with the rail administration, but cannot commit itself to an intention to apply for any funding until the rail administration releases more details this fall.Today, there are four intercity passenger trains with stops in Indiana, all of which are run by Amtrak. Three are long-distance routes supported by federal dollars, and one — the Wolverine, which runs between Chicago and Pontiac, Mich., — is supported by the state of Michigan.
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