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Municipalities may order Community Signage from Amtrak at no cost. These signs are designed to alert people to the fact that your town or city contains and intercity passenger rail station. More information on these signs can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

John LaMacchia is a Legislative Associate for the League handling transportation issues. He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Municipalities may order Community Signage from Amtrak at no cost. These signs are designed to alert people to the fact that your town or city contains and intercity passenger rail station. More information on these signs can be found here. 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