Windshield time is wasted time.
That’s what Amtrak Chicago’s senior public relations manager Marc Magliari believes, along with thousands of others across the country who prefer riding a train to get to where they need to be.
“Have you driven I-96 lately? Driving is increasingly less fun. Whether it’s someone on your bumper yapping on their phone, next to you putting makeup on or on the other side of you shaving, there’s people who do all sorts of things that they shouldn’t do while driving,” said Magliari. “But almost everything that you can’t do driving, you can safely do on a train.”
Over the past several years, said Michigan Department of Transportation’s rail communications Manager Michael Frezell, there have been numerous updates to Michigan railways. Those include infrastructure improvements for safety and speed on the track between Kalamazoo and Dearborn, railroad bridge replacements in Jackson, new locomotives and passenger cars, and new stations in Dearborn, Troy/Birmingham, Pontiac, East Lansing, and Grand Rapids.