Year: 2013
What’s Needed for Great Rail Passenger Service
By Noel T. Braymer When rail service is good, people will take the train in droves. When there is great rail service, many...
Noel BraymerDecember 27, 2013
eNewsletter for December 23, 2013
Expo Line leads to drop in driving USC News-Dec 16, 2013 Los Angeles residents who live near a Metro Expo Line station on...
Noel BraymerDecember 27, 2013
November 2013 Capitol Corridor Service Performance
Report by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority The performance results for both ridership and revenue continued to decline...
Russ JacksonDecember 24, 2013
Amtrak opens the Los Angeles Metropolitan Lounge
Report by Paul J. Dyson, RailPAC President Los Angeles, December 19, 2013 Today I attended the opening ceremony of the new Amtrak lounge...
Russ JacksonDecember 20, 2013
Getting Derailed on the Crescent for Thanksgiving!
Story and Photos by RailPAC member Alexander Friedman I love traveling cross-country by train and I have done so every year for over...
Noel BraymerDecember 20, 2013
I Hate Driving in LA!
By Noel T. Braymer I Love LA, and I love going to LA. But most people, particularly those who live in LA know...
Noel BraymerDecember 19, 2013
eNewsletter for December 16, 2013
To try to reduce the number of homeless at LAUS, LA Metro now only allows ticketed passengers to sit in the station for...
Noel BraymerDecember 19, 2013
Amtrak Monthly Performance Report
Reported by Anthony Lee, RailPAC Associate Director Each month Amtrak compiles a Performance Report, covering many financial and financial items. Their full (unaudited)...
Russ JacksonDecember 16, 2013
Filling Up Passenger Trains with On-Line Ticketing
By Noel T. Braymer Even the busiest passenger train lines don’t have full trains all of the time. More passengers on trains translates...
Noel BraymerDecember 14, 2013
eNewsletter for December 9, 2013
A 220-mph NEC? A contrarian weighs in RailwayAge Magazine (blog)-Dec 3, 2013 But as a contrarian points out, the infrastructure improvement costs of upping maximum...
Noel BraymerDecember 12, 2013