A while back, we spotlighted the TARC Bike Rack Rap. Now, in our own backyard, the Long Island Railroad has come out with The Gap Rap, performed by Dr. John Clarke, their Medical Director.
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LIRR Gap Rap
Taking a Ride on the Auto Train
The Auto Train is non-stop 855 mile trip between Sanford, Florida and Lorton, Virginia. The Auto Train is so named because it is the only Amtrak train that transports both passengers and their cars, vans, motorcycles, boats, etc. The train is scheduled at 17.5 hours, and operates at an end-to-end average speed of 49mph,...
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Book Review: Waiting On A Train – A Wistful Travelogue And A Call To Action
There can be no doubt that James McCommons is a man who loves trains. While he may not be a foamer(the term for a railfan who could be called excessively enthusiastic), McCommons spent a year riding intercity passenger trains around the country and meeting with every important player in the passenger rail industry.
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Let’s Talk About Intermodal Transportation
For those of you who do not know, intermodal transportation is transportation that covers multiple modes of transport...bus, train, plane.
It is a significantly overlooked part of the bigger transportation picture. Why can't plane connect to train or connect to bus? Most cities don't look at these things...
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Vote Today on Commuter Rail Link to Providence Airport
The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, which operates Boston metro area commuter rail, is set to vote on extending commuter service to T.F. Green Airport. Tentative schedules show a travel time from Boston's South Station to the airport of one hour and fifteen minutes, which is dependent on skipping some local stops on the route.
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Insufficient Regulation of DC Metro
The Washington Post reported yesterday on followups to the issues raised by the DC Metro Accident in June. Specifically, government oversight. While the federal government regulate the safe operation of buses, Amtrak, airplanes, and ferries, it cedes subway oversight to local panels.
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NYC Mayor Calls for Transit Improvements
Mayor Mike Bloomberg, despite having no significant influence over the MTA, which runs city trains and buses, and is a state agency, has called for a variety of different transit improvements as part of his reelection platform.
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Getting up and Down the Northeast Corridor
Recently, we decided to take a trip from our hometown of New York City down to Washington D.C. and started planning. Over the years, we've taken the plane many times, a car, and even the train. But we've never tried the bus.
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Multiple Errors caused Monorail Accident at Disney
Earlier this week, we reported on a monorail accident at Disneyworld in Florida. It appears that early reports on the accident were incorrect.
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Disney Monorail Accident Kills Driver
Investigators are looking into an accident at the Happiest Place on Earth. Early Sunday morning, a monorail at Walt Disney World in Florida killed 21-year old Austin Wuennenberg, the operator of one of the two trains that collided. The monorail, which has operated without fatality for 38 years, is shut down until the investigation...
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