http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog en mkenton@narprail.org 2010-09-07T21:04:14+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/roads_railways_and_runways/ President Obama’s Labor Day announcement in Milwaukee is praiseworthy, not only because it focuses on creating jobs that address real public needs, but also because the President quietly, but emphatically, placed rail on an equal footing (rhetorically speaking) with highways and aviation. Every time Obama referenced the targets of investment in the speech, he listed the three R’s: roads, railroads and runways. This was also the case in subsequent press coverage of the announcement. Malcolm Kenton 2010-09-07T21:04:14+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/flag_stops_revisiting_old_assumptions/ Malcolm Kenton 2010-08-27T21:18:49+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/flag_stops_101610/ Malcolm Kenton 2010-08-16T21:54:55+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/freedom_of_mobility/ Malcolm Kenton 2010-08-13T18:22:09+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/fra_economist/ A recent article in the Economist magazine discusses some freight railroads’ concerns that higher-speed passenger trains on their tracks would hamper their business. Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo—whose agency has proposed guidelines that railroads accepting public funds should meet regarding passenger service levels—wrote the following unpublished letter to Economist in response: Malcolm Kenton 2010-08-10T16:07:37+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/churchill_acela/ Malcolm Kenton 2010-08-09T14:49:19+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/trains_mean_business/ For the past few decades, city boosters in Charlotte, NC, have wanted the Queen City to become more like Atlanta—taking advantage of its location to become one of the Southeast’s premier business hubs. Now, when it comes to modern transportation, it’s Atlanta that is looking enviously towards Charlotte. Malcolm Kenton 2010-07-30T21:56:37+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/smart_grid/ Malcolm Kenton 2010-07-26T21:28:01+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/flag_stops_july_19/ A roundup of news and views on passenger train issues. Malcolm Kenton 2010-07-19T17:30:18+00:00 http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/narpblog/la_rail_compact/ Malcolm Kenton 2010-07-08T20:24:30+00:00