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SMART-TD statement https://www.smart-union.org/ground-broken-on-brightline-west-new-rail-jobs-incoming/

There was a fire in the 1899 Depot after the new station we use now opened. They took out the top floor and had no reason to build it back as it was office space for the Southern RR at that point. I think I read dispatchers left in 2012 or something like that. I am not sure if a new 3rd floor...

The current view without the top floor that needs rebuilding. https://www.greensborodailyphoto.com/2023/11/1899-depot.html

You did. The artist renderings are of Denver it seems. Denver seems to be the city Greensboro is modeling plans after.

Arcadia Publishing has a book out since Oct 2023 about the construction of the Greensboro Depot. It has lots of pictures and some text, but mostly pictures. It is worth the cost if you like this sort of thing. One author is a member of the Greensboro NRHS I do believe. I am not a NHRS member...

Downtown Greensboro gave a presentation earlier in the month and I found it on the web. Starting on slide 34 and going through slide 79 are the slides about the Depot. I would love to see some food options at the station. But I also have some serious concerns about some of the ideas as...

We are getting a bit away from Amtrak but this is directly impacting Greensboro so hopefully we can keep the discussion close enough to the topic at hand.. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest showed how bad institutionalized care was decades ago. We don't need that but we do need something in...

I don't really have a problem with making the station only for passengers or those waiting with or for someone. Both of what you mention are clearly things no one wants to deal with, and the restrooms upstairs are unlocked. I am willing to bet a trip in a sleeper that both of the incidents...

I think in my state the APR is around 29%. I always pay in full but yikes that is some loan sharking there for those that can't pay in full each month. I received the USPS mail notice as well but I am pretty sure it is 28.45% or 29.45%.

There was a person at the station Thursday that clearly had mental issues and likely homeless. Packing heat from security is not going to help this person, but having her walking around the Amtrak waiting room is also not what she needs either. Public places are hard with with how we handle...

This is for 9th graders in high school for what it is worth, though I do a lot with spreadsheets so they can learn some life skills while we learn other facts about the world (and maybe about trains as well.) so I can't make this too complicated. I likely should have mentioned that on the...

I do need to account for passenger load and I had not thought that far ahead. Glad you mentioned that. I was going to add bike/ebike/scooter at first and decided to cut that from the list as I wanted to use modes that would get you out of the weather or be usable by someone that was...

I posted on a Facebook page and someone sent me this.

It is paywalled but I have a family member studying library science and she might be able to get me access.

I want to have a lesson for my Earth/Environmental classes that looks at transit and the carbon footprint of the choices we make. I was thinking of having the students plan a trip within the US and see what can be done without a personal automobile. As much as I would like to stay in the...