Assuming you’re a passenger rail enthusiast, you can click here for a story about two new high-speed lines that just went into service in France. One is a 187-mile run...

It’s heartening to report that the Cincinnati Chapter of the NAACP has come down firmly on the side of public transportation. And they’ve done it the right way . ....

The flight to Los Angeles from Hawaii is pretty much the same every time. About four-and-a-half hours after leaving Maui, you can first spot the lights of the mainland up...

Arguing for the Amtrak long-distance network is a frustrating experience. The typical outraged and misinformed author of a letter-to-the editor or an op-ed column asks why the taxpayers should subsidize...

A wonderful incident occurred during a recent Vancouver-Toronto run by VIA Rail’s train #2, The Canadian. A group of railroaders were on board as passengers and a good thing they...

Everyone in Boston, from the mayor on down to the shop owners on trendy Newberry Street, is agog over the news that General Electric will be moving its corporate headquarters...

Hartford, Connecticut, has been known as the “Insurance Capital of the World” and with reason. The home offices of some of the biggest, most venerable insurance companies are in Hartford...

I’m always surprised by how many people think that Amtrak ought to operate at a profit and are incredulous when I tell them that all public transportation is subsidized, even—in...

We continue to hear people say that Amtrak should be making a profit. Some of that talk comes from the uninformed, but mostly it’s from Republicans in Congress, and that’s...

The most frustrating aspect of this whole passenger rail advocacy gig is the vast amount of misinformation out there about train travel—especially about who rides trains and why. It’s particularly...