On the morning of December 8, U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee stood on a stage at Raleigh’s Amtrak station with several other elected officials.
She, as well as North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and others detailed a federal grant dedicated to a new high-performance rail line between Raleigh and Richmond.
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Matthew Palm, who is an assistant professor in UNC’s city and regional planning department, agrees with the elected officials that the project and grant will be critical to boosting passenger rail. Palm also pointed to $3.5 million awarded in planning grants to further expand North Carolina’s normal passenger rail to cities not yet served – like Asheville, Winston-Salem and Wilmington – as another encouraging sign.