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Video: John Robert Smith on helping politicos see the importance of passenger rail
June 4, 2010
By Stephen Lee Davis

In this short video, Former Meridian, Mississippi Mayor and current T4 America co-chair John Robert Smith talks about the project to build a new multimodal train station in downtown Meridian when he was mayor, proposed cuts to Amtrak that happened shortly afterward, and how a few key Senators championed funding for Amtrak after seeing how ordinary people outside of D.C. depended on that service.

Mayor John Robert Smith on why transportation matters to him
February 12, 2010
By Stephen Lee Davis

Check out this short video of Mayor John Robert Smith, T4 America co-chair and former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, in which he discusses his very personal reasons for choosing not to seek a fifth term as mayor and move to Washington, D.C. to be a part of this effort to change the course of our country’s transportation system.

President Obama hails high-speed rail as “the infrastructure of tomorrow”
January 28, 2010
By John Robert Smith

Mayor John Robert SmithHearing President Obama call high-speed rail “the infrastructure of tomorrow” gave me great hope. Very rarely has transportation investment made the final cut in a presidential State of the Union address. The fact that it did make the cut this time really speaks to the president’s commitment to making high-speed rail a reality.

Transportation for America Praises Boost in High-Speed Rail Funding
December 9, 2009
By Stephen Lee Davis

John Robert Smith, co-chair of the Transportation for America campaign and former Amtrak Board Chairman, released the following statement in response to Congress’ allocation of $2.5 billion for high-speed rail:

Mayor John Robert Smith on urgency and the upcoming transport bill
November 9, 2009
By Stephen Lee Davis

Aaron Renn of the Urbanophile interviewed T4 America co-chair Mayor John Robert Smith at the Rail~Volution conference a few days ago in Boston, Mass., and shot this short video highly worth watching. Mayor Smith was the longtime mayor of his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, where he worked tirelessly to open the state’s first multi-modal transportation [...]

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