I received a solicitation the other day from an organization claiming to be the only advocate for all of America’s rail passengers, including commuter and transit as well as folks riding Amtrak. Whoops! Sorry, but NARP—that’s the National Association of Railroad Passengers—also speaks up for all rail passengers and has been doing…
One section of the comprehensive Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act—hereinafter and into perpetuity referred to as the FAST Act—created the National Advisory Committee on Travel and Transportation Infrastructure (to be called NACTTI, and be careful how you say it). This committee is to serve as a conduit for recommendations to the administration from experts in…
It’s going to be weeks before we have any kind of handle as to where the Trump Administration is headed with respect to passenger rail in general and Amtrak in particular. He has spoken about coming up with a one trillion dollar infrastructure bill within the first 100 days, but we have no idea how…
Years ago, before I moved to Hawaii, I was working in Hartford, Connecticut. One of my co-workers was a woman I remember quite clearly because she had no interest whatsoever in travel. And I mean any travel. She had never been as far south as New York City or as far north as Boston. I…