Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Amtrak

Rail Problem: House GOP Wants to Undermine Trains Exactly When We Need Them Most

By Aaron Short | May 26, 2023 | No Comments

The future of interstate rail travel is in jeopardy if the White House caves to House Republican spending cuts as part of the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, advocates say.

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Opinion: Amtrak’s Patchwork Policy Could Be Deterring the Most-Obvious Riders — Cyclists

By Aubrey Byron | Apr 10, 2023 | No Comments

On some lines, lenient bike policies lead to heavy ridership, while restrictive ones keep away the riders who could best utilize rail.

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California Trainin’: A Chicagoan Checks Out Transportation in the Golden State

By John Greenfield | Mar 14, 2023 | No Comments

Here's a show-and-tell of my impressions of the walk/bike/transit stuff I experienced, including a few things I'd be glad to see implemented in Chicago.

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San Francisco Roundup: Presidio GO Goes Electric, Amtrak Payment Pilot

By Roger Rudick | Feb 13, 2023 | No Comments

...and nice job, SFMTA, with new Church and Market treatment

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Open Letter: Bay Area Advocate Wants Planners for Second Transbay Crossing to do Better

By Gerald Cauthen | Jan 19, 2023 | No Comments

If things go like the Transbay Terminal and the Central Subway, how many people reading this will be alive by the time a second Transbay tube is completed?

The tracks along the bluffs. Photo: OCTA

Emergency Work to Stabilize Cliffs Above SoCal Railroad Tracks Will Take Months

By Melanie Curry | Oct 4, 2022 | No Comments

Amtrak, Metrolink, and freight operations from Laguna Niguel to Oceanside are suspended meanwhile. A permanent solution is years away.

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