I’ve written here on several occasions about the constantly recurring tragedies of grade crossing accidents … when trains strike cars and trucks where highways cross railroad tracks. It’s hard to...
It was fashionable during the Bush years to denigrate the French, their unforgivable offense being to disagree with Dubya’s foreign policy. Congressional Republicans weren’t about to stand for that, of...
Earlier today, I caught a an interesting report on NPR about the very serious commitment the Spanish have made to their high-speed rail system … called AVE. Billions of dollars...