Reported by Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director NOTE: Since the original publication of this report new information has been made available to this writer about the mockup of the new Cafe cars. This new info follows, then the original report is repeated. – BJ From Stanton Hunter, Rail Passenger Car Technology Branch, Caltrans Division of Rail…
Reported by Gene Skoropowski, Managing Director, Capitol Corridor JPA We received the April 2007 results for ridership and revenue. While California ridership remains strong overall, the Capitol Corridor is going through the roof. Once again, a new record has been set. We will have to re-adjust the scale on our monthly “How’s Business” reports, since…
Editorial By Noel T. Braymer This article was in a recent edition of the Los Angeles Times: STATE BUCKS TREND Californians buying less gas By Elizabeth Douglass “THE PRICE of gas really does matter after all. California added cars and drivers in 2006, but we bought less gasoline than the year before for the first…
A report from RailPAC Associate Director/InterMountainRail John Dornoff in Salt Lake City To be effective June 13! From the looks of it, most of the change is west of Salt Lake City. Train 5 will depart Salt Lake City 20 minutes earlier at 11:35PM. Depart Reno 12:03pm Depart Sacramento 5:50PM Arrive Emeryville 7:50PM Train 6…
from Executive Director Richard Silver This Update is from Capitol Corridor Director Gene Skoropowski via our friends from the Capitol Corridor Riders Groups. Please spread the word. I have added my own notes below about extra ferry service, and BART service. Gene reports: Just in case you missed it, a gasoline tanker truck lost control,…
Three (3) For the month of May, 2007 The California Zephyr, the San Joaquin, and the Sunset Limited! 1. The California Zephyr, Amtrak train #6, proudly waits to depart from the Sacramento train station on April 3, 2007. While timekeeping for the Zephyr (0% endpoint on time since October 1, 2006) has been a major…
Commentary by Richard Silver, RailPAC Executive Director April 15, 2007 RailPAC Alert:Letter: Caltrain electrification will allow more small-town stops! The letter below by Menlo Park Resident Clem Miller is right on point. We, RailPAC, have tried to raise these points to the member of the Coalition to Expand Transit Service (Certs) but they refuse to…
April 2, 2007, reported by RailPAC Associate Director Chris Flescher. A significant part of the meeting was on possible BRT lines in the area. There was a Monterey Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) study performed, for Monterey Salinas Transit (MST) and SCRTD (the equivalent agency for Santa Cruz County). The study was started in Jan…
By Paul Dyson, RailPAC President I have to say that after many weeks of preparation I was very gratified to see an almost full room, nearly three hundred people with all three organizations well represented. We have a lot of dual members, which is great, as we need national and regional support groups. Having set…
By Gene Skoropowski Managing Director, CCJPA We have just received the March 2007 results, and for the Capitol Corridor it is yet another record high in both ridership and revenue, even with our still-lackluster 73% on-time performance (but that is getting better as well, April to date is 80%). Implementation of the Union Pacific’s test…