Search

There are plans for some sort of increased bus service between Petersburg's downtown bus station and the local train station in Ettrick. https://www.progress-index.com/news/20190911/petersburg-expands-bus-service-to-train-station Petersburg Area Transit announced Wednesday that it has expanded its E...

A new platform project is underway in Mattoon. https://jg-tc.com/news/local/amtrak-passenger-platform-project-underway-in-mattoon/article_fdeddaad-ccc8-5ac2-9ccf-63ceade91a96.html The current platform just runs alongside the length of the depot building at 1718 Broadway Ave. The new platform will st...

The best case scenario in my mind is for the railroad to become the property and responsibility of MassDOT, leaving the MBTA to go back to focusing on transit. The MBTA and Commuter rail would be separate divisions of MassDOT the way New York City Transit and Metro North are separate divisions of t...

Okay, where can I look at the 30% design? $2.5M sounds too good to be true for elevators, ramps, high-level platforms and a third track. Can they do Auburndale, West Newton and Newtonville for $2.5M also??? Kthanks. Or is it $2.5M just for the design?? Is 600 daily passengers really "one of th...

Update on the Natick station redesign. http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20180812/redesign-on-way-for-natick-center-station" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; That design should be finished next spring for a station that serves about 600 passengers each weekday, Pesaturo s...

If MassDOT bought the B&A, what would be the prospects for improving the suboptimal layover yard situation in Worcester?

http://www.valleybreeze.com/2017-07-19/woonsocket-north-smithfield/city-s-commuter-train-plan-chugs-ahead#.WXIEbNMrJhB" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Investor Vincent Bono expects to make major progress this week on his goal of transporting guests from the Woonsocket Train ...

Are there many Libertarian politicians in office? Are they elected as Libertarians or as members of some other party but market/brand themselves as Libertarian? I don't think we have any elected in MA, there probably a lot in NH. NH had a controversy years ago when a Libertarian was appointed to ma...

New Mexico to Wyoming??? ... Wow. Of course, we should note that New Mexico and Wyoming don't seem to have weighed in on this topic just yet... EDIT: It also seems to be speculation by the newspaper. There's no mention of Wyoming (or New Mexico in this context) in the actual text of the law: https:...

Hickenlooper has signed bill to explore Front Range passenger train service. What now? Gov. John Hickenlooper this week signed into law a bill to explore building passenger rail service along the Front Range and the expansion of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief route through the state’s southeastern corner...

Outside of the city center, what is the land use around MARTA stations? Has there been much of an attempt to upzone the surrounding areas or is it mostly park-and-rides?

I thought it would be worthwhile to have a thread to keep track of the steady drumbeat of chatter in Colorado about a Front Range route, even if it's not very likely to come to fruition. The city of Pueblo in particular has been advocating for some sort of unspecified connection to the Southwest Chi...

Yet another meeting took place yesterday. http://www.newsherald.com/news/20170412/amtrak-set-to-return-to-panhandle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Some quotes from the Southern Rail Commission and Amtrak: The SRC received studies from Amtrak and host railroad CSX on infrast...

Update on the Durham-Chapel Hill light rail project: http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/sticker-shock-why-does-the-durham-orange-light-rail-transit-project-suddenly-cost-33-billion/Content?oid=5880780" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://media1.fdncms.com/indyweek/imager/u/...

Brian, lest we note that when Detroit last had a commuter rail system , they had a pop base of some 2M. Now it is 715K. Interesting blog: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/janetheactuary/2014/08/yes-detroit-once-had-commuter-rail-with-pictures.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false...