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Coast Starlight on Google Transit
Report by Jarrod DellaChiesa, RailPAC Director and Coast Starlight Communities Network Project Coordinator It is with great pleasure that I announce that the Coast Starlight is now live on Google Transit! In early 2008, the Coast Starlight Communities Network first suggested that Amtrak share their routes on Google Transit. CSCN began working with Amtrak and…
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Burbank Airport Authority Presentation
On Monday September 20th, 2010, RailPAC President Paul Dyson attended the regular meeting of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, the JPA that operates Burbank Bob Hope Airport. On behalf of RailPAC Paul presented Authority President Frank Quintero with a plaque marking the occasion of the authorization by Burbank City Council to proceed with construction of the Regional Intermodal Transportation Center. The…
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Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board Meeting Report
September 15, 2010 Meeting in Suisun City Reported by Michael Barnbaum, Associate Director Nine out of a total sixteen directors were present, barely constituting a majority of Directors for this meeting. After Roll Call and the Pledge of Allegiance, Chair Holmes (Placer County) addressed the audience in his “Report of the Chair” time on the…
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August California Intercity Passenger Rail Performance
Reported by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA Performance continues to improve on the Capitol Corridor compared to monthly results from 2009. In fact, ridership has increased each of the last 6 months, closing the gap on decreases earlier in the fiscal year. August 2010 ridership was 138,739, a 5% increase over August 2009. Revenue mirrored the ridership…
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Who will build this train?
Interesting Quote from the June issue of Railway Age Magazine article “Who will build this train?” …Realistically, observers and supporters say, at least $50 billion in guaranteed federal HSR funding is needed to attract state dollars and private investment. The Obama Administration’s financial commitment is, again, a start, and there’s momentum in Congress to expand…
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How About a High Speed San Joaquin?
Editorial by Noel T. Braymer No doubt the call by RailPAC to build HSR between Bakersfield and Los Angeles first at the San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee meeting on July 29, 2010 and extend the San Joaquin trains on it to Southern California didn’t go over well with the California High Speed Rail Authority. No…
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Tracking Rail News: September 2010
Comments by Russ Jackson Photos by Mike Palmer, Bob Snow, James Washington and Russ Jackson
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We have a New Number
RailPAC has a new number: (415) 7-TRACK-2 (415) 787-2252 Of course you can reach us at any time by phone or email.
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Comments on HSR Thru Riverside
Comments Compiled from a RailPAC Member We were recently contacted by a Professional Engineer who has, until recently, done a small amount of work on the CAHSR project. This is a summary of his report. Apparently the concept designs he cites are in the public domain (e.g. used in public outreach meetings) however the conclusions…
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Travel Observations
Comments by RailPAC member Freeman Gosden Jr. on his recent trip from Santa Barbara-LA-Chicago-Emeryville- Santa Barbara I told my friends that La Junta to Hutchinson was roughest experience I have ever had on AMTRAK-Santa Fe UP or SP. I’ve done Chi-LA 35 times. I was partially thrown out of bed. Now, I see AMTRAK is…