Two of Amtrak’s long-distance trains—the Sunset Limited and the Cardinal—currently run on a three-days-a-week schedule. I’m sure the appropriate people at Amtrak would be able to provide their reasons in...
It has now been more than ten years since the Sunset Limited operated between New Orleans and Orlando. Back in 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore up a lot of the track...
As covered in the previous post, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act contains a brief paragraph directing the Secretary of Transportation to organize a Working Group to study the...
There’s another very important provision in the draft of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act that was agreed upon by the House-Senate conference committee. It’s a very long, very...