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    Long Distance (LD) fleet replacement RFP discussion 2024 H1

    Correction - I now found the figures on Page 11-317. It looks like recline will be 35 degrees on coach, and 40 degrees on premium coach. The premium coach seats will most likely be "The ACCESS Seat" by Factorydesign, based on the "Lazy-Z" branding.
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    Long Distance (LD) fleet replacement RFP discussion 2024 H1

    Coach recline is specified as 20 degrees. Google says it's 40 degrees today.
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    Siemens Caltrans/IDOT Venture design, engineering, testing and delivery (2012-1Q 2024)

    There is a contract signed for vending machines, the vendor is Crane. By reading through the SJJPA agendas you can see that it was not easy for them to find this vendor. If I recall correctly, it took three RFPs. The first one had no responses, and the second one had no acceptable responses...
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    Pittsburgh Amtrak Station past, present and future

    It’s been many years since I lived in Pittsburgh, but when I did, there was access to the station at track level. You walk to the left of the condo building and there’s a sidewalk that takes you to the upper level of the station. It was a more pleasant walk than along Liberty Avenue.
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    Pittsburgh Amtrak Station past, present and future

    According to Wikipedia, in 2003. The bus station is on the ground floor of a large parking garage owned by the municipal Parking Authority.
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    Pittsburgh Amtrak Station past, present and future

    The reason they're been closing stations is because Greyhound sold off all their real estate holdings. I believe the Pittsburgh Greyhound facility is owned by the City, so hopefully they will not be moving out.
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    Amtrak Route Map

    No, San Jose-Salinas is still served as part of the Oakland-San Jose-Santa Barbara route.
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    Amtrak Route Map

    There used to be a San Jose, CA - Monterey, CA bus that bypassed Salinas. It was eliminated in 2020. If I look close I think there are two green lines connecting to Carmel-Monterey. I believe the upper one represents this route, and should be marked as deleted.
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    Status of Surfliner Service between Oceanside and Irvine

    And we were cleared to move again by the track inspector. I wonder how often this sort of false alarm occurs. Every time it rains?
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    Status of Surfliner Service between Oceanside and Irvine

    "San Clemente Pier is washed out again" ... "here we go again" from the conductor
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    Status of Surfliner Service between Oceanside and Irvine

    I am currently on 770 departing San Juan Capistrano, the crew announced we will be stepping ahead because the tracks might be “washed out.”
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    Amtrak San Francisco

    This is from the CCJPA April 2023 board agenda:
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