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1) CA HSR SF to LA should have run directly from SF to LA via the I-5 corridor. 2) CA HSR should utilize overhead catena...
10/23/2021

1) CA HSR SF to LA should have run directly from SF to LA via the I-5 corridor. 2) CA HSR should utilize overhead catenary. Its proven technology. 1st section of CA HSR SF to LA should have been over the Grapevine between Los Angeles Union Station, San Fernando Valley and Bakersfield. That would have served as a demonstration project that would address a missing rail link and connected existing Pacific Surfliner to San Joaquin Amtrak routes

Italy Reaps High-Speed Benefits While CA Leaders Tweet Nonsense Letters to the Governor. Could this have something to do with big oil?

Much needed investment. Need to ask for bikes-on-trains parking on these new train cars now!
07/10/2021

Much needed investment. Need to ask for bikes-on-trains parking on these new train cars now!

Under the plan announced Wednesday, Amtrak will replace nearly 40 percent of its rail car fleet by 2031 and invest $2 billion in facilities upgrades systemwide.

Developer offers bicycle parking (instead of motor vehicle spaces) in 21-story high rise proposal in Kitchener, Canada!
08/20/2019

Developer offers bicycle parking (instead of motor vehicle spaces) in 21-story high rise proposal in Kitchener, Canada!

A proposed downtown Kitchener condo development would feature exactly zero parking spaces.

Reducing travel time on Metro-North between New Haven and Grand Central Terminal is a goal Governor Elect-Lamont has pub...
12/30/2018

Reducing travel time on Metro-North between New Haven and Grand Central Terminal is a goal Governor Elect-Lamont has publicly advocated for since his New Haven Train Day presentation at New Haven Union Station in 2010. Joseph Giulietti is a good choice to carry out that vision.

Joseph Giulietti has walked every mile of the Metro North railroad track in his three decades working in Connecticut's rail industry. After bootstrapping his way up from foreman and engineer, the 66-year old, former Metro North president sees commuter rail as a state's economic driver. That belief w...

Connecticut DOT officials have announced they will forego their prohibition of standard bicycles on its Hartford Line, a...
08/20/2018

Connecticut DOT officials have announced they will forego their prohibition of standard bicycles on its Hartford Line, a rail service that opened earlier this summer. The new line operates from New Haven to Hartford (except 3 trains that run between New Haven and Springfield.) Bicycle advocates demanded that policy change. However, Connecticut Yankee cycling advocates need to be sure that the new policy allows bicycles on each and every Hartford Line train.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation will unveil a new policy for bicycles on board the CTrail Hartford Line on Thursday morning at Union Station in New Haven.

A well written informative op-ed by New Urbanist architect John Massengale, co-author with Victor Dover of Street Design...
05/26/2018

A well written informative op-ed by New Urbanist architect John Massengale, co-author with Victor Dover of Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns.

New York and other American cities should look to Europe for ideas about solving the urban traffic and safety crisis.

Brightline: Running today. Bikes on Board
01/13/2018

Brightline: Running today. Bikes on Board

Brightline previewed its Fort Lauderdale-to-West Palm Beach service Friday. Customers can begin riding Saturday. While prices are low for now, that could soon change.

The problem New York cyclists and cycle advocates faced in mid-Manhattan during the late 1980's (see street sign photo) ...
09/29/2017

The problem New York cyclists and cycle advocates faced in mid-Manhattan during the late 1980's (see street sign photo) is the problem bicycle commuters face today on Metro-North and LIRR and every commuter rail line on the Northeast Corridor. (Credit to Steve Ellman for his FB post of the New York Times article in 2012.)

Transportation Alternatives, the bicycle and pedestrian advocacy group, is bracing for a new administration less friendly to the agenda it has pushed for decades.

Protected bike lanes in Miami Beach and Miami, FL. Brightline trains with bike racks service later this summer. Here's...
06/17/2017

Protected bike lanes in Miami Beach and Miami, FL. Brightline trains with bike racks service later this summer. Here's a well written story about protected bike lanes: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article155626279.html

Protected bike lanes, which have led to jumps in cycling all over the country, are making a belated debut in Miami and South Beach, where planners say that’s what it takes to get regular people confident enough to pedal on city streets.

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