Transit news update 2/13
- Wanna be my Valentine? Buy me an old D.C. Metro Bus at auction. I'll take care of installing the jacuzzi in the back.
- Subway expansion in Bulgaria.
- Will they ever stop issuing gigantic new subway plans in China?
- As if getting hit by a bus wasn't enough punishment for violating pedestrian laws, Houston is giving out tickets.
- Speaking of H-Town's transit woes, blogHouston highlights some problems with Metro's FTA funding application. Apparently, government agencies don't care if it comes with a "Chopped & Screwed" double-disc.
- Michigan politicians bicker about funding for a Detroit-Ann Arbor rail line. They can barely make cars up there anymore, so a train might just be the death knell (we're kidding, UAW readers).
- LA's Gold Line gets express service. Angelinos and Pasedinans can expect to save five minutes, which they will likely waste at home watching car chases on TV.
- What's worth more if $400 of electronics hits the subway tracks: your iPod or your limbs? The 'Pod, apparently.
- Denver gets federal light rail bucks. The Broncos still suck.
- Think the age of slug tokens died with the introduction of cards? Not so in Toronto. Are token suckers poised for a comeback?
- Boston commuter rail to go deeper into Rhode Island.
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rj3 | 8:47 PM |
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You missed that Northstar Commuter Rail out in Minnesota here got recommended status again with the FTA due to state funding!
The gaps between the northeast commuter rail systems are slowly closing. Now it's just from Perryville, MD to Newark, DE (20 miles) and between New London, CT and North Kingstown, RI (90 miles).
I wonder how long it would take to go by commuter rail from Fredericksburg, VA to the top of the Boston commuter rail filling in the gaps by amtrak.
