Reconnect America Podcast & Blog

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How can railroads reduce political polarization—and facilitate a renewable energy revolution?
Reconnect America is the new podcast from Solutionary Rail that presents a creative yet common sense vision for U.S. railroads. It weaves together the genius of community and technical experts, workers and policymakers, advocates and scholars.

Reconnect America reflects a decade of research, writing, and advocacy aimed at illuminating the ways in which the U.S. rail system can be harnessed to better service public interests and to address 21st century problems. The podcast is hosted by Bill Moyer, co-author of the book Solutionary Rail: A People-powered Campaign to Electrify America’s Railroads and Open Corridors to a Clean Energy Future.

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Our new Rail Bites series presents you with some of our favorite clips from our amazing guests on Reconnect America. With Rail Bites, you can look forward to more frequent, shorter-form content in between our carefully crafted longer episodes.

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How Rail Can Reconnect America

Looking to the past to build a future

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Welcome to the Solutionary Rail Substack

A people-powered campaign to put American railroads in service of the public interest

Solutionary Rail - A people-powered campaign to electrify America's railroads and open corridors to a clean energy future

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Toll Roads for Trains by Thomas White

Check out Thomas White's proposal for revitalizing US rail and marshalling it to address the climate emergency and public good.


Reconnect America Podcast - Trailer

How can railroads reduce political polarization—and facilitate a renewable energy revolution? Reconnect America is the new podcast from Solutionary Rail that presents a creative yet common sense vision for U.S. railroads. It weaves together the genius of community and technical experts, workers and policymakers, advocates and scholars. Reconnect America reflects a decade of research, writing, and advocacy aimed at illuminating the ways in which the U.S. rail system can be harnessed to better service public interests and to address 21st century problems.

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