alex block 🚅
@alex_block
cities, transportation, and other intermittent discussion. live every week like its infrastructure week. All opinions are my own
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We’ve had a great influx of transit twitter over on BlueSky. Come join us. Let’s hit critical mass.
👇Video of todays incident. We have inspected track with no issues found & are inspecting the full 2K/3k fleet to check for any anomalies. No indication of issues w/ 7K fleet. We will transparently provide updates as investigation advances. Apologies to customers for any impacts.
Video shows incident today of Blue Line train at National Airport hitting an object on the track. Prelim inspection appears object came off of proceeding 2k/3k train. We are inspecting all 2k/3k trains and will provide additional updates. #wmata
I’m all for stations to be as shallow as possible, but there are real trade offs.
The tradeoff here is some really tight turns and steep grades on the tracks into the station that slow down trains. But for any passengers getting on or off here their trips are still faster.
What makes the intensive shared freight/passenger corridor in FL possible is a) the fact that freight trains on the corridor actually run on a schedule, unlike elsewhere, and b) this dispatching agreement:
Those are definitely part of a military base.
America is so rich you can look out the window in the middle of nowhere and see a tiny town with 3 airports.
It's encouraging to see historically rail-resistant states show some curiosity about passenger rail, but it remains one of Amtrak's biggest challenges that its planning governance is essentially decentralized -- states have ~total control in assembling an interstate network.
MoDOT Seeks New Amtrak Service from KC to Springfield, St. Joe, STL (incl. quote from @kclightrail) | @CitySceneSTL #Missouri #trains #rail cityscenekc.com/modot-seeks-ne…
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