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Kansas is the latest state to join the States for Passenger Rail Coalition, bringing the organization’s total membership to 34 states.

Established in 2000, the coalition is an alliance of state departments of transportation that support intercity passenger-rail initiatives and lobby for federal funding. The organization helped secure $8 billion in new funding for high-speed and intercity passenger-rail projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and helped advance the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, according to a prepared statement.