Recent content by DET63

The information is not instantaneous. For example 14(1) is right now between Eugene and Albany, OR. According to the tracker, it was going 78 mph near Junction City as of 1:35 pm PT.

Status maps say there's a "Service Disruption," but give no further details. You have to call them up to find out why, but I don't want to tie up the phone lines.

"Why don't Americans ride trains?" Why don't Mexicans or Canadians ride trains? Outside of its own corridor between Montreal and Toronto, how much traffic do Canadian passenger trains get? The transcontinental Canadian runs only a couple of times a week, basically more of a "land cruise" that...

An uncomfortable domestic flight will last, at most, eight hours. An uncomfortable cross-country rail trip will take three days, maybe longer (depending on delays). Many people are willing to tolerate being cooped up in an airliner for a few hours in order to enjoy more time at their...

Let me try one: San Francisco to Los Angeles on Wednesday, August 28: San Francisco to SJC via Caltrain (4-zone trip): $9.00 (vending machine) or $8.75 (Clipper Card) SJC to LAX: $55.00 Total: $64.00 or $63.75 (No Thruway bus service between San Francisco and Emeryville on Wednesday through...

According to the law, you must carry the original document at all times. Whether you'll be prosecuted for breaking the law if you carry a copy instead is another matter. Do I really need to carry my green card with me?

Actually, it does have one. Per Wikipedia:

A means of population control in an overcrowded country, I suppose. It seems like a little common sense would have gone a long way here. And I cannot believe the railroad doesn't do enough business to make enough money in order to do one or the other.

That someone was me. Thanks for clarifying the fact that the thread I started (or tried to) was about a topic that was peripheral to what has been discussed here, but was yet to be directly addressed.

BART strikes blocked for now; no progress on talks So we have until October to get this dispute resolved without the trains being held up. Will negotiations resume only in late September?

O.J. Simpson is a guest of the Gray Bar Hotel.

BART Strike Averted as Governor Asks for Inquiry

Related: BART strike ban would need state legislation

More (with comments) Many people, even in the politically liberal Bay Area, have little sympathy for the BART employees. They're well-paid and receive generous benefits, rarely seen in the private sector or even elsewhere in the public sector.

Perhaps the train operator thought the call was part of doing his duty: