In End of the Line, a new book from the AEI Press, Vranich provides a clear explanation of why Amtrak must be replaced by imaginative public-private partnerships.

New Yorkers can cheer yesterday's decision by Amtrak's board to dismiss the railroad's president, David Gunn, and begin a search for "a leader with vision and experience."

Amtrak advocate-turned-critic Joseph Vranich demonstrates that reform efforts have failed and argues that Amtrak must be replaced--or it will continue to waste billions of taxpayers’ dollars.

Amtrak has ill-spent $30 billion in direct federal and state subsides with no apparent pangs of conscience. The railroad deserves no more money.

A plan to establish congestion pricing in New York City is not perfect, but it is much better than the status quo.

A democracy faces terror--and needs our support.

Washington, D.C., has become the financial capital of the world.

It's past time for someone in Congress to apply the brakes to the run-away Amtrak train.