Comments on: VP Biden Hails Amtrak Funding, Announces First Stimulus Projects http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/03/14/vp-biden-hails-amtrak-funding-announces-first-stimulus-projects/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:43:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicole http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/03/14/vp-biden-hails-amtrak-funding-announces-first-stimulus-projects/#comment-707 Nicole Wed, 27 May 2009 02:41:53 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=1661#comment-707 This is great and all. I love to see the government invest in public transit... but did anyone realize that Wilmington is the only train station that is getting a "glass stairwell enclosures, canopies" along with the necessities to bring it up to spec? In fact the only other station isolated as requiring a Station Restoration is in Sanford FL. The requirement for that project is as follows: Sanford Auto-Train Station has reached a point beyond full capacity. The original station waiting room can only hold 15-25 percent of the total passengers that board a sold out train. A temporary tent has been constructed on site to provide additional waiting facilities but is still not capable of holding the total number of passengers that board a sold out train. Tents vs. The Great Glass Elevator... This is great and all. I love to see the government invest in public transit… but did anyone realize that Wilmington is the only train station that is getting a “glass stairwell enclosures, canopies” along with the necessities to bring it up to spec?
In fact the only other station isolated as requiring a Station Restoration is in Sanford FL. The requirement for that project is as follows:

Sanford Auto-Train Station has reached a point beyond full capacity. The original station waiting room can only hold 15-25 percent of the total passengers that board a sold out train. A temporary tent has been constructed on site to provide additional waiting facilities but is still not capable of holding the total number of passengers that board a sold out train.

Tents vs. The Great Glass Elevator…

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