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David Foster: Virginia transportation planning is biased toward highways
In an opinion piece in the Roanoke Times, David Foster, Executive Director of Rail Solution makes a good case that the current Virginia transportation plan is not balanced in its… Continue reading
Public campaign for New River Valley passenger train service announced
A new public campaign to expand passenger train service to the New River Valley is underway.
Diverse public and private groups from the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area formed a task force… Continue reading
Norfolk Southern has placed online a pretty slick video of their “faster service from Louisiana to New Jersey”. There are some great scenes of the railroad, handsome engines and equipment, even some double track. Even more impressive… Continue reading
The best of two worlds? Perhaps.
With Amtrak coming back to Roanoke, blending access to the public bus and train seems to make a lot of sense.
Fort Wayne Transportation Center – Wendel WD Architecture.
Now to work out the… Continue reading
18 Jun 2014 |
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that$13.1 Billion in transportation improvements across the state will improve mobility and drive the economy.
The new Transportation program reflects input from residents and the traveling public following a series… Continue reading
May 2, 2014 |
Interest in 
bringing passenger rail service back to the Bristol, VA area is strong in the southwest Virginia region.
The Bristol Herald Courier (by way of Tricities.com) has published a series of articles about the… Continue reading
Lynchburg Train Derailment – April 30, 2014
Wednesday’s train derailment is the 6th derailment in the last year in the US and Canada involving a tanker carrying crude oil.
This is not a new problem, but one that is fraught… Continue reading
By David Foster – RAIL Solution Executive Director – April 14, 2014
For years we have had a frustrating time in Virginia, the focus of much of our operations, combating a rigidly-entrenched highway-centric mentality among transportation planners at VDOT.… Continue reading
VDOT has posted the 2014 public hearing schedule for the draft 2015-20 Six-Year Improvement Program.
(These meetings have been concluded)
See the presentation by RAIL Solution
“Investing in Virginia’s Transportation Future: Fiscal Year 2015-2020 Six-Year Improvement Program.”
Public hearings… Continue reading
Feb. 7. 2014 |
U.S Vice President Joe Biden visited 30th Street Station in Philadelphia Thursday to unveil Amtrak’s new Cities Sprinter electric engine, which will power trains along the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington beginning Friday.
The… Continue reading