Caboose Chronicle

The Sunday after Thanksgiving has been designated by the U.S. Senate as “Drive Safer Sunday.”

The States For Passenger Rail Coalition is taking issue with a new report that found nearly all of Amtrak’s 44 nationwide routes lost money last fiscal year. The coalition notes that all forms of transportation receive federal money.

The travel industry is expected to add roughly 90,000 American jobs during 2010, the U.S. Travel Association (TIA) announced. TIA noted that leisure travel is expected to rise 2 percent, while business travel is projected to increase 2.5 percent. At the same time, inbound international travel is estimated to increase roughly 3 percent, according to the association. “Our industry is uniquely capable of adapting to economic upswings and quickly adding tens of thousands of jobs,”