Why transportation matters: It means jobs

According to this Newsweek story on low-cost European airlines, "[a]ccording to a standard industry measure, every extra million passengers in the sky bring 3,000 jobs on the ground."

To restate this on an Amtrak-appropriate scale, every 10,000 passengers means 30 jobs.

Now let's be conservative and cut this figure in half. Train passengers probably create fewer jobs than airline passengers because trains require less in the way of "ground services." That still makes 15 jobs for every 10,000 passengers.

Ready to see how many jobs your Amtrak station adds to your community? Look up the passenger count on your state's fact sheet and enter that figure below:

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