Stories tagged with Meridian
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Video: John Robert Smith on helping politicos see the importance of passenger railJune 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.
Meridian, Mississippi Mayor urges a renewed effort to continue “uniting” the United States of AmericaMarch 3, 2009
By Stephen Lee Davis
Mayor John Robert Smith of Meridian, Mississippi helped Transportation For America officially launch our full platform last week. Mayor Smith provided a stirring keynote address, evoking Eisenhower’s vision of a connected America, while urging us to build the second half of our national system.




