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I mean, why else would you ride an Ambus? It's the "last-mile" connection when you're destination is not served by rail. It's wholesale discrimination against residents who need to travel short distances (who are never banned on Amtrak rail services) and the only service is a State (a.k.a...

STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:38 am However, there are some efforts to push more service, and it's gotten folks talking.

scratchyX1 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:29 pm How are morraco and other hot climate countries able to run rail with out these issues?

Hey, look kids! Someone drew a map!

Yawn.

Lest you think air travel couldn’t possibly get more miserable, climate change is here to prove you wrong. Just as extreme heat makes people sluggish and unproductive at best, and threatens human life at worst, it also makes flying airplanes much more difficult. I guess thermal expansion of rails h...

I've found a surprising number of routes where Greyhound (or a Trailways company) is not competing with another bus company, its being subsidized by one way or another (usually by a state) to maintain that route... I can tell you with absolute certainty that the corporate monopoly known as the Corp...

Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 11:40 am with seating for up to 26 passengers...and the ability to comfortably transport more than 100 passengers

Seattle might need HSR more than its population might indicate. The N - S traffic situation is very bad and only to get worse. I-5 cannot expand and surface streets are close to maximum. And just where are you going to cram in HSR? Even Cascadia Rail admits that its scheme requires the total and co...

The fact this DIDN'T happen, undermines the entire argument for Amtrak's existence. If Greyhound served communities don't "need" this vital, critical transportation link for citizens to access vital lifesaving services like medical care...well...who needs Amtrak? The argument that rural, r...

People keep bringing this up and it's been debunked a number of times. There's no requirement that 100% of every car needs to be wheelchair accessible. Nobody is saying that. But any and every new build will require equivalent accessibility. That means handicapped persons MUST be able to access the...

More whining from the 1% cyclists who want everything handed to them on a golden platter but someone else to pay for it, because they somehow believe that they are owed reparations for riding their bike. They refuse to pay for the space occupied by their bike (which is equivalent to the space occupi...

I'm still in favor of a Superliner III fleet. There might be cost savings with an all single-level fleet, but I don't think it's worth it. Amtrak is not Southwest with only 737s, nor does it have to be. Just that pesky annoyance of disabled people who can't navigate those stairs or easily roll onto...

west point wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:14 pmIf they extend to Sand Point, ID in the west...then they can connect to the Builder...

Lets muck it up. Spokane - Seattle. Get a bucket load of money and rebuild the Milwaukee line. Allow BNSF trackage rights with severe restrictions. No freight less than 4 hours ahead of passenger train or have to follow passenger trains with holding sidings when cannot meet those restrictions. Shor...

Usually most airports are owned and operated by public agencies with little or no regard for profit . Nearly every commercial air service airport around me (Pacific Northwest) is self-funded, meaning it is supported by airline and concessionaire rents, landing fees, Passenger Facility Charges, etc....