Why Amtrak must go

Joseph Vranich, who helped start Amtrak in 1970, now argues that Amtrak must be replaced in the Northeast Corridor, not just because it isn't working well, but because its control over the intercity corridor jeopardizes operations of commuter-rail systems that share those tracks (including our own MBTA):

... We must transfer Amtrak's line to a more responsible entity. Doing so can break the inertia over how to improve the nation's most important railroad passenger line without endlessly preserving the hopeless monopoly known as Amtrak. ...