E hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 1 o Iune, ʻaʻole hāʻawi hou ʻo Amtrak LAKESHORE LIMITED (ʻo ia wale nō ka lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā mai New York a me Bosetona a Chicago) a me kāna CAPITAL LIMITED (ʻo ia wale nō ke kaʻaahi i kēlā me kēia lā mai Wakinekona a Chicago) ʻaʻole e hāʻawi hou aku i nā poʻe kaʻa moe kaʻa mua i kā lākou mau koho meaʻai wela i kēia manawa!
Hoʻohiki ʻo Amtrak i ka ʻai ʻana i ka "New and Contemporary" ma kahi o: kahi sanwiti pahu anu "free" a i ʻole ʻaina saladi, hāʻawi ʻia i ka lumi o ka mea hele. ʻO ka ʻaina kakahiaka he hoʻokahi koho, ka berena anu a me ka yogurt me nā hua ʻoki. ʻAʻohe "Railroad French Toast" hou! ʻO ka poʻe kaʻa moe e uku ana i nā haneli kālā ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka uku kaʻa e loaʻa i hoʻokahi mea inu ʻona manuahi me kā lākou pahu anu, akā ʻaʻole ia ka uku nui.
I ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo Amtrak i ka makahiki 1971, ʻo kekahi o kāna mau pilikia mua ʻo ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai ka lawelawe weliweli ma luna o ka moku i hoʻolako ʻia e nā ala kaʻaahi i ka hopena o 1960s. I mua o ka poho kālā o nā ʻaelike leka a me ka hoʻokūkū mai nā alanui waena, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa nā mea lawe e like me ka Pākīpika Hema i kā lākou mau kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa i koe me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana e komo ai ka wehe ʻana i ka hale ʻaina a me nā kaʻa hoʻomaha. ʻO ka manaʻolana ʻo ia ka mea e huhū nui ai ka poʻe holo lio e hoʻōki lākou i ka huakaʻi ma ke kaʻaahi, a hiki i ka mea lawe kaʻa ke loaʻa ka ʻae federal e hoʻopau i ka lawelawe. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona kaulana ʻo ke kaʻaahi i kapa ʻia ʻo SUNSET LIMITED, mai ka makahiki 1968-1970 i hāʻawi wale aku i ka mīkini kūʻai meaʻai i ka holo ʻelua lā!
Ua hoʻihoʻi koke ʻo Amtrak i nā makana meaʻai a me nā mea inu kūpono, hoʻolaha ʻo "We're Making the Trains Worth Riding Again". ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Amtrak e kope i kēia mau ʻano hana 1960s, e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka ʻike ma luna o ka papa e hoʻonāwaliwali ai i ka poʻe holo.
No ke aha kēia hana? Aia ʻo Amtrak ma lalo o ke kaomi ʻana mai ka Congress e hoʻopau i nā lilo o ka lawelawe meaʻai, akā ʻaʻole kūpono kēia ala a ʻaʻole pono. Ke hoʻāʻo nei nā laina holo moku a i ʻole nā mokulele e loaʻa kālā ma ka meaʻai? ʻAʻole naʻe; ua kūkulu ʻia kēia mau kumukūʻai i loko o kā lākou uku. Ua hana pū ʻo Amtrak i kēia. ʻAʻole loaʻa kālā ka poʻe ʻaina kaʻaahi; Ua huki lākou i ka ʻoihana. E mālama ʻo Amtrak i nā kaʻa hoʻomaha ma nā kaʻaahi ʻelua. Hiki i nā kaʻa kaʻa ke kūʻai aku i nā mea wela e like me nā burgers a me ka pizza. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole e hāʻawi ʻia kēia mau mea e like me nā koho meaʻai no ka poʻe moe moe i uku nui aku no kahi tikiki i hoʻokomo mua ʻia nā meaʻai wela i ke kaʻa ʻaina!
Hoʻemi ʻo Amtrak i nā limahana lawelawe meaʻai i ʻelua mau limahana ma lalo o kēia hoʻokolohua, akā ua hāʻawi mua ia i nā meaʻai wela piha ma ke CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, CARDINAL a me ACELA me ʻelua mau limahana. Pehea? Lawe ʻia nā meaʻai i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia i ka wela piha ma luna o ka moku a lawelawe ʻia i loko o ka hale ʻaina. No ke aha ʻaʻole ma nā kaʻaahi Chicago?
"Hoʻohewa ʻia ka poʻe poina i ka mōʻaukala e hana hou." Ua ʻike ʻo Amtrak i ka mea i hana ʻia i ka wā ma mua i ka wā i hōʻoki ʻia ai nā ala kaʻaahi. Ua hāʻule ka moku holo. ʻO ka lawelawe hoʻohilahila ma luna o ka moku i nā poʻe holo kaʻa moe (e like me ka mea i hoʻolālā ʻia) e alakaʻi i ka emi ʻana o ka poʻe holo. No FY2018, ua loaʻa wale ʻo Amtrak i ka ʻāpana Congressional nui loa no kāna National Network ma ka mōʻaukala ($ 1.3 biliona). Ke lawe nei ʻo ia i nā kaʻa ʻaina hou he 25 no kāna pūnaewele hikina. Hiki i nā lumi kuke hou i loko o kēia mau kaʻa ke hāʻawi maʻalahi i ka lawelawe meaʻai wela me ka ʻole o ka mea kuke. E like me ka nui o nā miliona o nā kaʻa Amtrak e hiki ke hoʻomanaʻo i ka "ʻaina ahiahi i ka hale ʻaina, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ...". ʻAʻole loaʻa i nā sanwiti anu ka pae!
ʻO Carl Fowler ka Pelekikena i hoʻomaha ʻia o Rail Travel Center/Rail Travel Adventures. Ua hana ʻo ia i ka manawa piha no nā makahiki he 35 e kūʻai aku ana i nā huakaʻi kaʻaahi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me Amtrak. ʻO Mr. Fowler he Hope Luna Hoʻokele o ka Hui Paʻa Rail/NARP. ʻO kēia kāna mau manaʻo pilikino.
