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Couldn't AMTRAK or Greyhound be used to get people with no transportation out of evacuation areas and to shelters in other towns?

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According to the WSJ, they were:

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One major area of concern was poor residents who lacked their own transportation. Mayor Nagin urged churches Sunday morning to arrange evacuations for those who might not have access to a car. He mentioned Amtrak and Greyhound as possibilities, but as time got scarce, such options grew more difficult. The mayor encouraged people leaving the city to pick up anyone they knew who didn't have means to evacuate, but acknowledged that many poor New Orleans residents lacked a clear way to get out.

New Orleans used city buses to help transport some people, according to Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "I think enough was done" to get the roughly 100,000 New Orleans residents without access to a car out of the city in time, he said, adding that the only question he raised about the handling of the evacuation is whether the mandatory evacuation should have been called earlier.

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