America can't build the future on a system that's been cast as the villain. When communities subconsciously view rail as a menace or a relic, they zone accordingly. They fight access. They blame the industry for things it doesn’t control - viewing it as an adversary, not an asset. [But rail is] one of the few tools we have left that can meaningfully reduce congestion, emissions, and long-haul inefficiency at scale. So how do we turn [the story] around? At Railtowns, we start

Rail communities aren’t powerless, but we do need to stop asking for a different game and start changing how we show up to the one we’re in.