Good Luck with This. One of the transportation goals being advocated by the National Association of Railroad Passengers NARP) is “connectivity”, meaning that we should be able to transfer smoothly from one means of transport to another … that is, from a long-distance train to a commuter line or a bus or an urban transit…
This morning was spent attending to last-minute things around here and packing for my trip to the annual Fall meeting of NARP, the National Association of Railroad Passengers. The meetings will begin next Friday in Indianapolis. This afternoon I’m flying to the West Coast and tomorrow will be aboard the Coast Starlight for the overnight…
The two-day meeting of the NARP Board of Directors is over and I’ll be leaving the hotel here in Evanston, Illinois, in about an hour to start my journey back home to Maui. Regulars here know that my favorite route back to the west coast is to take the California Zephyr, Amtrak’s Train…
LOS ANGELES — I think it was a character in the Sunday Comics back in the days of my youth, who first said, “I shoulda stood in bed!” I’ve been away for a month and it’s been an interesting and productive 30 days … certainly nothing happened that would cause me to wish I had…