Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Rail

French Trains Turn $1.75B Profit, Leave American Rail in the Dust

By Ben Fried | Jul 15, 2008 | 53 Comments

The Guardian reports that SNCF, France’s national rail company, is taking advantage of a boom in ridership to make aggressive plans for expansion. While SNCF positions itself to help ease the impact of high fuel prices on the French public, what are American leaders preparing to do? Drilling offshore and taking a few hits from […]

Georgia Governor Comes Around on Commuter Rail

By Brad Aaron | Jun 20, 2008 | 17 Comments

Display of Georgia progress at the Welcome Center on I-85, near the South Carolina border Big news out of Georgia. Governor Sonny Perdue, who in the past would have been about as likely to advocate for transit as to take his iced tea without sugar, is suddenly interested in commuter rail links between Atlanta and […]

Obama Calls for Investment in Regional Intercity Rail

By Ben Fried | Jun 17, 2008 | 13 Comments

We noted yesterday that Barack Obama has promised to direct more federal funds to bike-ped infrastructure if elected. Now comes word that the Illinois Senator is going public with his support for a regional rail network linking midwestern cities, an idea he had floated quietly during the Democratic primary campaign. In a major address on […]

Urge Congress to Support Amtrak and Passenger Rail

By Ben Fried | May 23, 2008 | 22 Comments

Here’s a great way to support transit before we head in to another traffic-snarled Memorial Day weekend. H.R. 6003, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, is currently in need of co-sponsors in the House (a version has already passed the Senate). The bill "authorizes Amtrak for the five years Fiscal 2008-2012, provides for capital […]

Does the U.S. Have a “Third World Transportation System”?

By Ben Fried | May 14, 2008 | 11 Comments

Funding shortfalls and logistical hurdles may be delaying plans to replace Penn Station, but the Municipal Art Society’s campaign for Moynihan Station is not letting up. The MAS has been on a roll this spring, hosting a series of events related to the West Side project. This video, posted yesterday, features former Washington Post reporter […]

Delaware Senator Dares to Utter the Word “Transit”

By Ben Fried | May 7, 2008 | 18 Comments

Even as the price of gas turns into a hot-button campaign issue, the presidential candidates are studiously avoiding the "T" word — transit — for the most part. But the notion of driving less and riding more is bubbling up, even in the corridors of Congress. We turn to Delaware Senator Thomas Carper, who made […]

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