Author: Jarrod DellaChiesa

  • Paul Dyson Testifies at Senate Transportation and Housing Committee

    On March 27th, Paul Dyson represented RailPAC and NARP while testifying before the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee.

  • Paul Dyson Testifies at Senate Select Committee on Passenger Rail

    On March 19th, Paul Dyson represented RailPAC and NARP while testifying before the Senate Select Committee on Passenger Rail.

  • The New Coast Daylight!

    The New Coast Daylight!

    We support a new daily passenger train linking the Central Coast during the day.  For more than twenty years, work on a new Coast Daylight train service has led to studies without results. The Coast Rail Coordinating Council, a voluntary coalition of regional transportation agencies is leading the service planning, and has prepared a realistic, immediately doable operating plan. …

  • Happy National Train Day!

    Happy National Train Day!

    We hope you’ll visit one of our booths today at Sacramento, San Jose, Salinas, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Van Nuys and Los Angeles!

  • PASSENGER RAIL ADVOCACY GROUPS COMBINE TO LAUNCH PETITION FOR “COAST DAYLIGHT” SERVICE

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 11, 2012 – The Rail Passenger Association of California (RailPAC), the Coast Starlight Communities Network and the Steel Wheels Coalition® are working together to step up the campaign for an additional passenger train along the California Coast.  To be known as the Coast Daylight, this train will provide daily service between the…

  • May CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance

    Reported by David Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download:  May 2011 Performance Report)

  • March CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance

    Reported by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download:  March 2011 Performance Report) Capitol Corridor’s March 2011 performance statistics are in and it’s clear that January and February’s results were not anomalies. Double-digit increases continue as ridership and revenue results once again set new monthly thresholds: A remarkable 148,198 passengers boarded our trains compared to 133,987 during the same…

  • Amtrak Updates Fleet Strategy Plan

    Commentary by Jarrod DellaChiesa, Director I wish this was an April Fools prank, but it isn’t.

  • Metrolink CEO Kicks off Steel Wheel in California

    On Saturday, March 19 Chair Richard Katz provided opening comments for the 4th Annual Steel Wheels in California conference hosted by RailPAC and NARP. Over 200 rail professionals gathered in the L.A. Metro board room for a conference providing information and education to “opinion formers and decision makers” and grass roots supporters of the rail industry. Chairman Katz…

  • Don Sepulveda joins Metro

    Don Sepulveda has joined Metro has the Executive Officer – Regional Rail.   Don will be leading the regional rail team in working on matters related to high speed rail, Metrolink and intercity rail corridors (such as I-5 and the LOSSAN corridor). Done comes to Metro after spending his career in the private sector as a consulting…