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- California at a crossroads: with passenger numbers soaring and plans for a high-speed network rarely out of the headlines, California is spearheading the revival of intercity rail in the United States. Keith Barrow looks at how the state hopes to build on
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WITH a population of 36.5 million and comparatively short distances between many key economic centres, California seems the ideal candidate to spearhead the revival of intercity passenger rail in the United States. Passengers travelling within the Golden State account for around one fifth of all Amtrak journeys,...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Aspiring rapper was community advocate
- SAN LEANDRO - It was a tragic and unlikely end for an aspiring Bay Area rap artist. Kenneth Poynter, 27, also known as KDoe, had just finished talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone when he was struck and killed by an Amtrak train at about...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Area rapper killed by train was advocate
- SAN LEANDRO - It was a tragic and unlikely end for an aspiring Bay Area rap artist. Kenneth Poynter, 27, also known as KDoe, had just finished talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone when he was struck and killed by an Amtrak train at about...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Oaklander killed by train was an aspiring rapper
- SAN LEANDRO - It was a tragic and unlikely end for an aspiring Bay Area rap artist. Kenneth Poynter, 27, also known as KDoe, had just finished talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone when he was struck and killed by an Amtrak train at about...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Unlikely end for aspiring Oakland rapper
- SAN LEANDRO - It was a tragic and unlikely end for an aspiring Bay Area rap artist. Kenneth Poynter, 27, also known as KDoe, had just finished talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone when he was struck and killed by an Amtrak train at about...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Want to improve passenger rail system? $30M won't do it
- EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a sampling of transportation writer Erik N. Nelson's Capricious Commuter blog on getting around the Bay Area. Read more and post comments at InsideBayArea.com. Feb. 22 This morning I arrived to find a phone message from the Federal Railroad Administration....
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- The government is here to help
- EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a sampling of transportation writer Erik N. Nelson's Capricious Commuter blog on getting around the Bay Area. Read more and post comments at InsideBayArea.com. Feb. 22 This morning I arrived to find a phone message from the Federal Railroad Administration....
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- $30M will not do it
- EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a sampling of transportation writer Erik N. Nelson's Capricious Commuter blog on getting around the Bay Area. Read more and post comments at InsideBayArea.com. Feb. 22 This morning I arrived to find a phone message from the Federal Railroad Administration....
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Leaking tanker car stalls Amtrak train
- OAKLAND -- A railroad tanker car leaking corrosive material Wednesday morning stopped an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train in Oakland, stranding commuters for a half-hour and forcing them onto BART, buses and another train so they could continue their trips. Zoe Richmond, a spokeswoman for Union Pacific Railroad,...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Leaking tanker car stalls train in Oakland
- OAKLAND -- A railroad tanker car leaking corrosive material Wednesday morning stopped an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train in Oakland, stranding commuters for a half-hour and forcing them onto BART, buses and another train so they could continue their trips. Zoe Richmond, a spokeswoman for Union Pacific Railroad,...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Capitol Corridor trains delayed after pedestrian struck on tracks
- DAVIS -- Southbound Capitol Corridor Express trains are now running normally this morning, four hours after a train headed to Oakland and San Jose struck someone on the tracks near Davis, Amtrak officials said. The identity of the victim in the incident, which occurred at 4:38 am.,...
- Research articles 2008-01-22
- Train kills Berkeley man using cell phone on tracks
- An Amtrak train hit and killed a Berkeley man as he crossed the tracks while talking on his cell phone Thursday morning. Scott Slaughter, 31, was taking a shortcut on his way to work at Truitt & White lumber store when he was hit at 8:15 a.m.,...
- Research articles 2007-11-16
- Amtrak train kills Berkeley man
- An Amtrak train hit and killed a Berkeley man as he crossed the tracks while talking on his cell phone Thursday morning. Scott Slaughter, 31, was taking a shortcut on his way to work at Truitt and White lumber store when he was hit at ...
- Research articles 2007-11-16
- Woman struck by train was Holocaust survivor
- OAKLAND -- Lucie Buchbinder, who escaped the Holocaust during World War II and later became a life-long advocate for fair housing policies, died Tuesday afternoon after she apparently stepped across the tracks at Jack London Square Station in Oakland. Buchbinder, 83, who fled from Austria in 1939...
- Research articles 2007-06-21
- How the state will spend $12.7 billion Editor's note: This is a
- The question I'm going to nibble at, after enduring six hours of legislative budget subcommittee meetings this week, is what's going on with the state transportation budget, besides all the shouting about $1.1 billion in public transit cuts. I'm also not talking about the $20 billion Proposition...
- Research articles 2007-04-02
- How to spend $12.7 billion on transportation
- Editor's note: This is a sampling of transportation writer Erik N. Nelson's Capricious Commuter blog on getting around the Bay Area. Read more and post comments at InsideBayArea.com. March 30 THE question I'm going to nibble at, after enduring six hours of legislative budget...
- Research articles 2007-04-02
- Rock slide holds up Capitol Corridor trains
- OAKLAND -- A rock slide that buried the tracks on the busy East Bay rail corridor near Crockett early Thursday was cleared in three hours, but it was midafternoon before Amtrak Capitol Corridor passenger trains and Union Pacific freights were back on schedule. Many Amtrak travelers took...
- Research articles 2007-03-10
- Rock slide delays Capitol Corridor trains
- OAKLAND -- A rock slide that buried the tracks on the busy East Bay rail corridor near Crockett early Thursday was cleared in three hours, but it was midafternoon before Amtrak Capitol Corridor passenger trains and Union Pacific freights were back on schedule. Many Amtrak travelers took...
- Research articles 2007-03-09
- Rock slide holds up trains
- OAKLAND -- A rock slide that buried the tracks on the busy East Bay rail corridor near Crockett early Thursday was cleared in three hours, but it was midafternoon before Amtrak Capitol Corridor passenger trains and Union Pacific freights were back on schedule. Many Amtrak travelers took...
- Research articles 2007-03-09
- Why transit often takes back seat EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a sampling
- Dec. 14 People could read this blog and conclude that I'm a car-hating transit advocate. As I sit here with my laptop 20 minutes into my 80- minute wait for a train home, I can testify to the contrary. To start with, I drove...
- Research articles 2006-12-18
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