In January of 1956, I drove my first car, a 1951 Pontiac, from the University of Colorado in Boulder to my home near Hartford, Connecticut. I clearly remember driving most of those 2,000 miles on two-lane roads at 50 or 55 mile-an-hour speed limits and then, every hour or so, slowing way down to pass…
In response to my previous post, I received the following email from Greg Fischer. It contains such a wealth of information, I didn’t want it to be obscured as a comment. For lots of great information, check out Greg’s terrific blog. And I enthusiastically second his praise for the Amtrak reservations people (1-800-USA-RAIL). I have…
Writer James McCommons spent the better part of a year traveling around the U.S. on Amtrak trains to interview a variety of knowledgeable people about this country’s transportation problems. And if you are under the illusion that we don’t have problems, let me quote just one paragraph from his terrific book, Waiting On A Train:…
You like trains? Are you interested in the future of passenger rail in the United States? Or are you just looking for a great read? OK … run, don’t walk, to get a copy of Waiting on a Train … subtitled The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service … by James McCommons. I’m only two-thirds…