When people talk about why they prefer traveling by train—short haul or long distance, it doesn’t matter—they always seem to conclude by saying, “. . . and there’s none of those security lines you have to go through at the airport!” That could be about to change. There’s some serious talk in Congress…
I am off later tonight for three days in Chicago. The first non-travel day there, Tuesday, will be spent touring the hotel we think will host NARP’s 50th Anniversary Celebration and Conference to be held in late October of 2017. Days 2 and 3 will be devoted to workshops and meetings of the NARP board…
Everyone knows there have been horrendous long lines at a number of major U.S. airports as passengers check in and go through airport security. In particular, reports out of Denver and Chicago’s O’Hare tell of delays up to and even exceeding three hours. The result has been thousands of missed flights and hundreds of…
We all agree that flying isn’t fun anymore. Cramped seating, crowded planes, extra fees … and the dreaded “boarding process” that now takes close to an hour even for routine domestic flights and 90-minutes or more for international flights. Well, a new idea to make things a little better is being floated: mandatory checking of…