Investor Presentaiton
Goal: Economic and Social Well-Being of Rural Areas
Population in Millions
20M
15M
10M
5M
7M
Total Rural Population (2019)
Health Disadvantaged: 17M
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Baseline Network
+5M
7M
Preferred Network
Objective: Enhance access for historically
disadvantaged populations
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○ Scope: Population in rural Health
Disadvantaged Areas (Justice 40)
○ 5 million more people
could have access to passenger
services
rail
Population of census tracts outside urbanized areas served by the Baseline or Preferred
Network that are defined as Health Disadvantaged based on the U.S. DOT Justice 40
Initiative: ACS Data (2015-2019 5-year estimates, 2010 Census Tract Shapefiles). Values
exclude Alaska and Hawaii.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. 2020 Decennial Census, U.S. Census Bureau. 2020
Urbanized Areas boundaries, U.S. Census Bureau. ACS 2015-2019 5-year estimates
(using 2010 census tract boundaries)
a 66% increase
→ capturing 44% of the previously unserved population
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
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