And it’s about damn time! Tourism is on its way back here in Hawaii. Certainly not at the pre-pandemic level, but any bump in the number of tourists is welcome news here. It’s hardly a representative sample, I know, but the the increase in letters I get asking questions about train travel is certainly an…
In late March, I’ll be making my annual visit to Washington for the Rail Passengers Association’s Spring meeting. It’s a day of education and enlightenment with seminars and guest speakers. The next day we meet with members of Congress, followed in turn on Day Three by a three hour business meeting and a final luncheon….
I had an interesting conversation the other day with someone who has been around the intelligentsia, the rich, and the powerful throughout his professional career. Furthermore, he’s familiar with and sympathetic to what RPA is trying to accomplish: more trains, better trains, faster trains. Early in our conversation, I was complaining about the loss…
In October, I’ll be attending the annual Fall meeting of RPA, the Rail Passengers Association, which will be held in Miami, Florida. I spent an hour or so today putting together a tentative itinerary so I could work up a cost estimate. Everything was fine until I got to the Cardinal. My request for a…