The newly-elected governor of Wisconsin, Republican Scott Walker, has announced that he will not proceed with planning or construction of the high speed rail corridor linking Milwaukee with Madison, the...
Some weeks back, I began getting a rash of comments almost daily that came through as nothing but a weird collection of symbols. In my vast ignorance of these things,...
During the Golden Age of train travel, Chicago’s Union Station was America’s most important rail hub, with passengers from almost everywhere connecting with trains going to just about anywhere. The...
This morning I drove out to the Churchill Northern Studies Center, some 20 kilometers out of town, where I had an appointment to meet with Michael Goodyear, executive director of...