‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden promotes $16 billion for passenger rail projects near his home in Delaware

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Associated Press

BEAR, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is promoting new cash for Amtrak. Biden is visiting Bear, Delaware, on Monday to announce more than $16 billion in new funding that will go toward 25 passenger rail projects between Boston and Washington. Bear is close to Wilmington, where Biden has a home and spends many weekends away from the White House. His remarks will be at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Shops, where trains are maintained and repaired. The White House says investments will help trains run faster, cut delays and create union jobs. And the money comes from Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law, which is one of several legislative accomplishments he will cite during his reelection campaign.