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- Amtrak back on track
- IN ONE OF THOSE RARE occasions--well, rare in today's politics in Washington--the Senate approved by a wide bipartisan margin a bill that didn't get much publicity at the time but should have. It was the Passenger Rail Investment & Improvement Act of 2007, a six-year, $11.6 billion bill to...
- Research articles 2007-11-19
- The North American passenger rail market
- Analyzing the state of the rail passenger and rail transit industries on both sides of the 49th parallel at the dawn of 2006, you'd have to fall back on a line used by many a stand-up comic: There's good news and bad news. The good news is on the...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- The North American passenger rail market
- After more than 30 years of fighting the good fight, urban public transport officials report that transit is becoming the cause that cannot be denied in the minds of both the public and its elected officials. With constituents swimming in cars and gridlock, politicians from all three levels of government...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Remarks for the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta Secretary of Transportation; Amtrak budget and call to action on reform news conference Chicago, Il.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 February 2005-US DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION: Remarks for the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta Secretary of Transportation; Amtrak budget and call to action on reformnews conference Chicago, IlC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02142005 A week ago today, the President and I unveiled...
- Research articles 2005-02-15
- The North American passenger rail market
- INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEMS Ridership continues to grow throughout Amtrak's 46-state, 22,000-route mile system. After reaching an all-time record for FY 2003 of more than 24 million passengers, volume kept rising through December to reach a total of 24,594,853 for calendar 2003. Amtrak attributes the gains to such "back-to-basics"...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- Bangkok Skytrain System Likely to Undergo Expansion.
- By Charoen Kittikanya, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--The board of Bangkok Mass Transit System Co BTSC, the operator of the skytrain, has approved a 38-billion-baht debt restructuring agreement with its creditors, a move that the puts the ...
- Research articles 2004-02-21
- Debt Deal Paves Way for Bangkok, Thailand, Transit Line Extension.
- By Charoen Kittikanya, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 31--Bangkok Mass Transit BTSC, the operator of the skytrain, agreed with creditors yesterday to restructure 32.4 billion baht in debt after four years of negotiations. "We started debt...
- Research articles 2004-01-31
- How you can tell FAA your opinion on Peotone airport.(News)(Commuting)
- Byline: Robert McCoppin You can sound off to federal regulators about the proposed Peotone airport, if you'd like. The Federal Aviation Administration officials will conduct a public meeting to hear what people think they ought to consider as far as environmental...
- Research articles 2003-11-03
- Budgeters derail hopes of Amtrak passengers
- Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - Linda and John Franklin are such devoted antique car buffs that they traveled from their Creswell home to Dearborn, Mich., this summer for the 100th anniversary of the Ford Motor Company. But they chose the train - not...
- Research articles 2003-07-19
- The North American passenger rail market
- INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEMS In early February, Amtrak was waiting for a Congressional conference committee to resolve a $438 million difference between House and Senate proposals for the railroad's FY2003 appropriation. The final figure--$1.05 billion--was enough to keep Amtrak going, said Amtrak president and CEO David Gunn, who had...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- TRAX draining lots at U.
- It's one of those classic good news/bad news situations: More folks heading for University of Utah are using TRAX or bus service, alleviating the parking crunch on campus. But as fewer parking permits are sold, the money that subsidizes the public transportation is in decline. "It's encouraging that...
- Research articles 2003-02-24
- Atlanta Transit Agency Pins Hope on Raising Bus Use.
- By Milo Ippolito, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 7--MARTA lost 8 million passengers in two years. They weren't misplaced. They just never showed up at turnstiles or bus stops. MARTA carried 167 million passengers from July 1999...
- Research articles 2002-12-07
- Managing New York's multitudes: transportation planners in the New York Metropolitan Area are moving forward on an investment program of dimensions not seen in nearly a century
- The Pennsylvania Railroad's construction of the Hudson and East River tunnels and the massive Pennsylvania Station complex in midtown Manhattan in the early 1900s ranks as one of the world's greatest engineering feats and largest passenger railway projects of all time. The infrastructure the PRR built nearly a century ago...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- Southwest Lowers Last-Minute Fares.
- By Cathleen Ferraro, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 23--Trying to find blue sky in an otherwise bleak airline industry, Southwest Airlines showed confidence Thursday that it can build its business traveler revenue by slashing last-minute fares. ...
- Research articles 2002-08-23
- The North American passenger rail market - Passenger Rail Planner's Guide 2002
- Fueled by the record level of federal funding support provided through the ISTEA act of 1991 and TEA-21 of 1998, U.S. rail transit has enjoyed an extraordinary renaissance that is now well into its third decade. Transit ridership hit a new high in 2001, and with a record federal appropriation...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- Letters in the Editor's Mailbag
- Byline: The Register-Guard Fuzzy gravel math Beware, rural Oregon citizens: Pandora's box has been opened, and danger is lurking everywhere. Only this time danger has a name. It's Lane County Commissioner Anna Morrison. Due to fogged-over lenses on her rose-colored glasses, Morrison...
- Research articles 2002-02-17
- Atlanta Transit System Seeks Ways to Minimize Financial Woes.
- By Stacy Shelton, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 31--MARTA rushed to mollify employees Tuesday in the face of a $20 million deficit and talk of potential job furloughs and service cuts. In a memo to all...
- Research articles 2001-10-31
- Editorials.(News)(Editorial)
- Holiday test of Chicago's patience Except for two window-rattling F-16 fighter jets blasting into the sky at supersonic speeds to meet a troubled commercial airliner and some as yet unfounded reports of bioterrorism, Chicago-area residents have spent most of the last month as mere...
- Research articles 2001-10-17
- Comfortable, attractively-priced trains - the need to fill passenger demand for rail service - Brief Article
- A passenger rail service rejuvenation is taking place across the U.S. Many passenger rail corridors have long-term plans for implementation of high speed service with Acela Express-style equipment. However, one must question whether existing ridership is being alienated by poor head-ways, slow running times, and ill-maintained equipment. Will any...
- Research articles 2001-04-01
- The North American passenger rail market - Industry Overview
- As unlikely as it might have seemed only a few decades ago, passenger rail moves into the 21st Century as a major growth segment of the North American rail transport industry. Beset by air quality and congestion problems that no amount of road building can solve, urban areas are turning...
- Research articles 2001-03-01
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