Is Florida in contention for any of the high-speed rail funding that was in the stimulus legislation this week? Here's what Michael Cooper wrote in the New...
Feds help resurrect plans for Florida high-speed rail system Orlando Business Journal - Chris Kauffmann Print Email Reprints RSS Feeds Add to Del.icio.us Digg...
This morning, just as I turned on the car radio, prior to leaving for work at 5am, there was a bit about, and then comments by Kill Amtrak Joe Vranich who...
We need to counter the Vraniches of the world, as factually and succinctly as possible. How about knocking out a pithy rebuttal to his latest remarks and...
From yesterday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Rail advocates and state officials are optimistic that Midwestern projects will capture a significant chunk of the...
A timely message from the Transit Advocates of Florida <http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/04/01/a-message-from-the-transit-advoc\ ates-of-florida/> [Non-text...
From today's New York Times: The government has identified 10 corridors, each from 100 to 600 miles long, with greatest promise for high-speed development. ...
Rosemary Goudreau, in a letter to The Miami Herald <http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/letters/story/1014193.html> , reveals the messy process by which the...
I just posted a comment, to wit, "Florida got a great deal as far as I am concerned. As a CSX Stockholder, I was adamantly opposed to any sale where CSX might...
I don't know how much interest this group has in the fate of the Sunset Limited, but things are startinig to trickle out of Amtrak and a preliminary report was...
... My question--NOT an opinion, but a question--is this: While I am strongly in favor of the deal, do we think (or not think) that CSX should still be held...
... Here's a question: What could run on it? Are there enough Superliners, Horizon Fleet, or Amfleet II cars for this service? If neither, perhaps some of...
Michael, Thanks for the update on the SunSet Limited from New Orleans, to Florida. I for one have been waiting for the restart of service from New Orleans to ...
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Our former governor may not have liked the idea of high-speed passenger trains, but Gov. Charlie Crist seems to. He's put Florida into the running for some of...
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood blogs <http://ow.ly/hxsm> that there were 278 pre-applications for the next round of grants for high-speed rail. ...
Amtrak Commits To Carbon Tracking Amtrak has pledged to reduce its emissions from diesel locomotives by six percent from 2003 through 2010, as part of its...
For a case of what looks to me like bonehead planning, see the Tampa Tribune <http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/aug/09/092356/na-high-speed-rail-plans\ ...
Argued from a green point of view at Smart Planet <http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/thinking-tech/high-speed-rai\ l-is-absolutely-worth-it/960/> . ...
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