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Cheaper to go Over than Through the Mountains
By Noel T. Braymer Recently I was looking at a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) from 2009 for the Las Vegas to California High Speed Rail project. What struck me about it was it seemed the people planning improvements for the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) learned a great deal from the Las…
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How to build California High Speed Rail While Making Almost Everyone Happy
By Noel T. Braymer The California High Speed Rail Authority put off decisions back at their June 7th Board meeting over the final routes through Hanford and Bakersfield. At this meeting the CHSRA’s board did approve the contract for the first 29 miles of construction between Fresno and Madera. It also handed over most of…
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Comet Car Access problem? A RailPAC solution
RailPAC Opinion with PHOTOS, by Paul Dyson, RailPAC President As RailPAC’s e-mail newsletter Editor Noel Braymer has previously reported there is some discontent on the part of the San Joaquin rail board at being allocated two consists of the refurbished “Comet” cars. The two bones of contention? The age of the cars, as which date…
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How to Have More Rail Passengers
By Noel T. Braymer Simple: run more passenger trains faster, more often to more places. While you are at it also offer travel deals and discounts for rail service to fill up trains that have extra room. This sounds simple but it is proven to work. An example of this is New York’s Metro North.…
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2013 Steel Wheels Conference, October 5th
Joint RailPAC-NARP members meeting, Saturday, October 5, 2013 Port of San Francisco Community Room Pier 40 • Embarcadero, San Francisco 10:30 am-3:00 pm with a break for lunch (not provided) Doors Open 10:00 am RailPAC members business meeting 3:00 pm Registration: Register on line here: Member or Non-Member? Member $35.00 USDNon-Member $45.00 USD OR Complete…
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Capitol and other CA Corridor Statistics (May, 2013)
From David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority May 2013 results signal that the decline in ridership has tapered off for the Capitol Corridor–156,521 passengers rode Capitol Corridor trains in May 2013. Ridership was 1.5% below May 2012, yet it represents the third highest total for May and the sixth highest in…
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LAX and West LA needs Rail Passenger Service
By Noel T. Braymer The 405 and 10 freeways in Los Angeles County are among the busiest and most congested in the United States. The 405/10 intersection is in the heart of West LA. LAX is served by both the 405 and 105 Century freeways. Both of these freeways are often congested around LAX most…