The Importance of Public Transit

An ode to Amtrak.

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Joe Biden, our President-Elect, estimates he has ridden more than two million miles on Amtrak trains in his life. As a fellow Amtrak rider, some of my journeys felt like they lasted two million miles each way.

Fun fact: the official designation of the South Bend Amtrak station is SOB, which feels too perfect. Photo credits Ryan Stavely.

In my time at Notre Dame, I considered myself very fortunate to have an Amtrak station…