Word: amtrak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Keane's personnel file contained nothing but plaudits. But when a new boss took over, he wanted his own people and told Keane: "We're reorganizing, and there's no place for you." Keane, 47, a $41,000-a-year director of budgets and administration for Amtrak in Washington, D.C., was dismissed and replaced by a man of 28. Says Keane: "I wasn't going to let them get away with it." With the help of his lawyer, Joseph Guerrieri, he sued Amtrak under the 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which forbids age-based firings...
Fortunately, the assembly did not forward a down payment to Amtrak for the $13,500 train, and when only 70 students lined up to ride the railroad, spokesmen quietly backed out of the project...
...slump in gasoline consumption has meant a boom for public transportation. Intercity bus ridership was up 10% in the first quarter of the year, a sharp reversal for an industry that has gone mostly downhill since World War II. Amtrak's business from October through March was up 11% on longdistance train routes and 17% on shorter runs. Biggest gainers are trips out of Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit and New York, which were traditionally the domain of auto travel. Riding on the rails between Los Angeles and San Diego is up a sharp 35%. For more and more drivers...