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  • Published on Jan 30, 2021

    How Barred in DC’s Raman Santra would spend a perfect day in D.C.

    After bars started closing because of the stay-at-home orders, Santra evolved into a sort of chronicler of D.C. life during a pandemic: breaking news on pandemic-era restaurant regulations, querying followers on their holiday travel plans or bagel …

    Source: The Washington Post - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 30, 2021

    Work Trips in the CSAs with the Largest CBDs

    This article describes the reduction in work visits, by counties within the six combined statistical areas (CSAs), also called commuting zones, that include the nation’s six largest downtown areas (central business districts, or CBDs) by employment. CSAs …

    Source: NewGeography - Left-wing
  • Published on Jan 30, 2021

    Newark's Old Penn Station Is Getting A $190 Million Spruce-Up

    Hosannas greeted the recent unveiling of brand new Moynihan Train Hall, across the street from Penn Station in Manhattan. But who knows or cares about the mundane upgrade that's occurring across the river at Newark Penn Station? We do. It was the …

    Source: Gothamist - New York - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 29, 2021

    Keurig won’t reopen Waterbury café, lays off fewer than 50 in Vermont

    Lisa Scagliotti is a reporter and editor at WaterburyRoundabout.org, where a version of this story first appeared. Closed since March 2020 due to Covid-19, the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters café at the Waterbury train station will not reopen and its staff …

    Source: VTDigger - Vermont - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 30, 2021

    State officials warn about a rise in human trafficking cases

    Human trafficking is one of the most profitable illegal enterprises globally — and officials are saying that the crime is “on the rise” in the state of Mississippi.  According to the International Labor Organization, the business of human trafficking …

    Source: The Daily Mississippian - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 30, 2021

    Payne to chair House railroad subcommittee

    Rail News Home Railroading People 1/28/2021 Rail News: Railroading People U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.) Photo – Rep. Payne's website U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.) has been elected chair of the House Committee on Transportation and …

    Source: Progressive Railroading - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 29, 2021

    Opinion: Green Light

    The Education of Surfrider CEO Chad Nelsen He’s learned; he’s playful; he’s determined; he’s optimistic. He’s one of Laguna’s and America’s treasures. Unless you knew him or asked him you most likely wouldn’t know that this articulate local surfer and …

    Source: Laguna Beach Newspaper - Uncategorized
  • Published on Jan 28, 2021

    Column: Saving passenger trains could be a small, but real, bipartisan step

    One of my favorite relatives growing up was my Aunt Minerva. She got me my first job, took the first crack at teaching me how to drive when I was 12, and helped pay for my books my freshman year in college. She was equally supportive of my siblings, as …

    Source: Los Angeles Times - California - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 28, 2021

    A Brilliant Chance to Polish a Transit Hub Jewel (in Culture)

    This month, New York City got an expensive lesson about why public transportation facilities should be publicly owned. It’s a wake-up for we who live in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. Waterfront Station, at the foot of Vancouver’s Granville and Seymour …

    Source: Tyee - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 24, 2021

    In Rural Montana, a Hope That Biden Will Reopen the Rails

    DEER LODGE, Mont. — For nearly a century, passenger trains rumbled three times weekly through this broad, grass-rich mountain valley in central Montana, home to more cattle than people, until Amtrak pulled the plug on the North Coast Hiawatha in 1979. But …

    Source: The New York Times - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 26, 2021

    Governor Cuomo Accepts The Project Of The Year Award

    Earlier today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo accepted the Project of the Year Award for the Moynihan Train Hall from the Regional Plan Association.   VIDEO of the Governor's remarks is available on YouTube here and in TV quality (h.264, mp4) format here.   …

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  • Published on Jan 25, 2021

    Businessinsider.co.za | Biden reportedly bonded with UK leader Boris Johnson over their mutual love of trains

    Joe Biden and Boris Johnson reportedly bonded over trains, The Telegraph reported Sunday.  In the new president's first transatlantic call, Johnson asked about Biden's Amtrak journeys.  Biden reportedly planned to visit the UK in his first …

    Source: News (South Africa) - Uncategorized
  • Published on Jan 25, 2021

    D.C. warns a maglev stop at Mount Vernon Square would bring disruption

    The 40-mile “superconducting magnetic levitation train system,” commonly called a maglev, is planned as the first leg of a system that would carry passengers from Washington to New York in an hour. Once built, proponents say, it could ease travel along …

    Source: The Washington Post - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 24, 2021

    Polis, local leaders urge RTD to prioritize Northwest Rail line to Boulder County

    Gov. Jared Polis and local community leaders are urging the Regional Transportation District to prioritize completing the Northwest Rail Line through Boulder County after the district’s new chief executive expressed skepticism about the project. Polis sent …

    Source: Denver Post - Colorado - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 25, 2021

    Rt 15 south in Stratford at Exit 53 closed due to crash

    WASHINGTON (WTNH) -- Amtrak is issuing a travel advisory in Washington D.C. ahead of the presidential Inauguration Wednesday. Detours, as well as pedestrian and traffic patterns, have been put in place around Washington Union Station, which will require …

    Source: WTNH 8 - Connecticut - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 24, 2021

    With a conflict over Iran looming, Israel sends a new envoy for the post-Trump era

    But Gilad Erdan, the new ambassador, does not appear rattled. “Not every disagreement should lead to a crisis,” Erdan said in an interview with The Washington Post. “Our bond with the United States of America and our shared values and interests are so deep …

    Source: The Washington Post - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 24, 2021

    DM168 OP-ED: Lessons from the US carnage

    The US experiment in democracy. Graphic: James Durno First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. – …

    Source: Daily Maverick - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 23, 2021

    Juvenile robbery suspects in NC captured after crashing into train

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities say two juvenile robbery suspects have been captured after crashing a car into an Amtrak train while trying to flee police. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said officers received a call just before 10 p.m. on …

    Source: WGHP Fox 8 - North Carolina - Right-wing
  • Published on Jan 24, 2021

    Capitol insurrection fallout: A PATRIOT Act 2.0?

    Let me get this part out of the way, right up front. Anybody who, on Jan. 6, 2021 while on the Capitol Hill campus, 1) attacked, injured or killed a cop or 2) broke into the Capitol building and threatened lawmakers, staff or journalists while attempting …

    Source: The Hill - Neutral
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