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Could a Grilled Cheese Sandwich Help Save Amtrak’s Food & Beverage Service?
As we say on the radio, “but first….” Two major Amtrak-related items have occurred this winter. First was the cutbacks in long distance train consists in January and February. Second was the U.S. House of Representatives actually passed a bill, and it was one that affected the future of Amtrak and what its customers will…
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Norwalk-Santa Fe Springs Metrolink Station: Future Intermodal Center?
The Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Station is roughly half way between downtown Los Angeles and Anaheim.
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Challenges Facing the Next CEO of Metrolink
There is a job opening for the next head of Metrolink which will be filled soon. Only those who seek challenges need apply. Metrolink has many problems, and some of them have been festering for years and ignored. Here is a short list of them.
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Jim Hartnett tapped to head Caltrain agency
A regional search committee Wednesday selected Jim Hartnett as the new head of the San Mateo County Transit District (SMCTD) effective March 30. Hartnett, a former Redwood City councilman and board chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, will take over as the new general manager and CEO of the Peninsula-based transportation agency in the…
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L.A. Welcomes Two New Transit Chiefs
Los Angeles’ two major transportation agencies announced this week the hires of new CEOs to take their respective helms — one involves a new hire from Denver while the other is only moving a few floors up.
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Ken Ruben
It is with great sadness that I report the death of longtime RailPAC member and Associate Director Ken Ruben. Ken suffered a serious stroke on New Year’s Day from which he never recovered. He died yesterday morning, Thursday 12th March, 2015, aged 72.
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States for Passenger Rail Coalition Comments on Indiana’s Decision to Stop Sponsoring the Hoosier State
Portland, ME – March 6, 2015 – “It is a sad day when the federal agency which administers federal funding for Amtrak, and who has played such a critical role in providing grants to States to help develop and improve intercity passenger rail services, also is determined to require States and intercity passenger service sponsors…
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Amtrak Statement in Response to the Hoosier Announcement
Indiana is fighting back against the FRA ruling, which is excellent news. The whole idea of the ruling is ridiculous. If a State hires a qualified operator to do a job it should not have to become certified to do the job itself. Boardman is again trying to use PRIIA and now the FRA to…
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Hoosier State Passenger Rail Service to End April 1
RailPAC is still gathering information about new proposed rulings by the Federal Railroad Administration which would appear to have a profound effect on State rail programs. This has the hallmarks of a Washington DC power play involving FRA, Amtrak and others to ensure that the states do not use non-Amtrak operators. However, the burden placed…