I love Amtrak, America’s leading passenger rail company. For many decades, I have parked my bike or car and traveled by train when taking long trips. Checking train status is a part of the adventure. It is the second-most-used action on Amtrak’s website after buying tickets. Generally, I am willing … [continued]
“How many more reports do we need to tell us that we must make investing in America’s infrastructure a priority,” said President and CEO of the American Public Transport Association (APTA), Michael Melaniphy in response to the 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure released by the American Society of Civil Engineers … [continued]
Charge up those metro passes because the savings from riding public transport can equal big bucks during this time of gas price increases. The American Public Transport Association (APTA) calculates savings at $826 a month for taking mass transit versus owning and driving a car.
It’s painfully chilly waiting for the bus in Minnesota these days, which makes even minor delays seem like hours. But knowledge is power and knowing that the bus is one, three or ten minutes delayed helps riders cope with the wait. Since most transit users don’t have ESP, the Moovit … [continued]
Forget the rental car. If you’re looking to transverse California, check out this comprehensive public transport map on how to get from city to city without getting behind the wheel of a car.
The first stop on the international showcase of high speed rail that I am writing for CleanTechies, will be in Germany. As much as I try to avoid writing in first-person narrative, this topic is quite close to my heart as Germany (where I lived for most of 2002-2003) is … [continued]
The first series of this column was written on high speed rail in America. With an introduction to all the nation’s proposed corridors covered, this series will focus on the state of high speed rail around the world. An examination of already established high speed networks in industrialized countries and … [continued]
This post is dedicated to my hometown, Hazleton Pennsylvania This corridor hits close to home for your humble correspondent as I, Alexander John Lennartz, am a born and raised Pennsylvanian…who did not step foot on a passenger train in the state until age 25 when I moved to the greater … [continued]
