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July 11, 2014
Written By Abe Zumwalt.
A map made by Christopher Ingraham to illustrate Amtrak's poor on time performance
With 2013 came the highest intercity passenger train ridership in the United States since the creation of Amtrak, despite the system being beset by incredible delays. On the Washington Post Blog yesterday, Christopher Ingraham put forth a solution for Amtrak’s on time performance: simpl...
July 10, 2014
Today we are featuring a blog post from the Rhode Island Association of Railroad Passengers. This post was originally published July 10, 2014 on the RIARP blog. Steve Musen, NARP Council Member, reviews Amtrak's reports each month, and more of his posts can be found on the RIARP blog. (This piece reflects the opinions of the writer and not necessarily of NARP or RIARP.)
Steve Musen, NARP Council...
July 9, 2014
By William Dunn and Abe Zumwalt
Amtrak recently issued an RFP for new Acela train sets, expanding capacity for the service. Those of us with a national perspective might find it easy to criticize the move given the average age of equipment system-wide has climbed to more than 28 years, while the Acelas are only a little more than half that age. However, the move can be justified when considerin...
July 8, 2014
This blog post was written by NARP intern Karl Haljasmets, who is European (Estonian) himself.
Eurail railway map
Quick facts about trains in Europe:
· Rail carries about 10% of all freight traffic across Europe, with estimated revenue of €13 billion (about $17,7 billion).
· 6% of Europe's passenger journeys are by rail annually. That's 8 billion people who are not adding to city traffic...
June 26, 2014
Written By Maxime Devilliers
NARP policy intern Max Devilliers, a longtime resident of the Washington, DC-metropolitan area, attended an open house meeting on Washington's future North-South streetcar line on June 12.
Streetcars were once the lifeblood of the Nation’s Capital, much like many other U.S. cities. The last streetcar ride in D.C. on January 28, 1962 marked the end of an era.
The...
