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Showing posts with label airport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airport. Show all posts
Thursday, December 28, 2023

Ten things to remember about public and private transportation

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With a bunch of articles in the news recently about private intercity bus service, it's important to keep in mind several points: ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Our third world airport

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I remember when Joe Biden remarked that LaGuardia Airport felt like the Third World to him. I remember thinking, "What the fuck is thi...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

To Save Money on Marketing Buses, Try Running Enough Buses

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I like bus improvements. I hate Governor Cuomo's terrible proposal to run an elevated "AirTrain" from Willets Point to LaGuar...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

First impressions of the M60 Select Bus

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So I went up to Astoria today to check out the new M60 Select Bus line. I didn't look ahead of time to see where the stops were since I...
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Saturday, May 24, 2014

It's time to extend the N train to LaGuardia

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Twenty years ago, Astoria leaders blocked a plan to extend the elevated train line that serves their neighborhood. The proposal would have ...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

The density to support long distance trains

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There's a new dust-up among transit bloggers, stirred by a recent report showing that while Amtrak's Northeast Corridor makes a prof...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

When security makes us less secure

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In my last post , I described how the current "airport security" system fails to provide any significant level of security beyond ...
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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Trains are not planes

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I want to post an explanation for my last post , and an elaboration of some of the points I raised in it. Recently our senior senator has b...
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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Poor people with cars

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In the comments on my last post, Joel writes : I know that the image of NJ drivers are BMW driving upper middle class yuppies. However, I ha...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Unclear on the concept

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From an article in the Oxford (Ohio) Press - reprinted by Air Rail News without attribution: The Hamilton Vision Commission is trying to f...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Phoenix Sky Train and the limits of intermodality

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Some people at a place called Air Rail News have been sending me their newsletter for a while. It's basically just recycled press relea...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Boondoggles: Stewart Airport Rail Link

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Following Ben Kabak's lead , I have added the Stewart Airport Rail Link to my Spreadsheet o'Boondoggles . In this, I agree with Jef...