For Now, Fewer Amtrak Cascades Trains Running Between Seattle and Portland
On Friday, Amtrak released a new timetable for service on the Cascadia Corridor between Seattle and Portland cancelling two daily roundtrips. Service will revert...
An Infrastructure Plan for a Progressive Wave
The Amtrak Cascades tragedy provided an opening for a certain troll-in-chief to promote his infrastructure plan. If the Republican infrastructure plan--which at one point...
Post-Derailment Amtrak Cascades Running New Daily Trips with Some Changes
On Monday, the first Amtrak Cascades run on the new Point Defiance Bypass ended in tragedy. Sadly three passengers lost their lives--including two well-known...
High Speed Rail: The Right Kind of Infrastructure Investment
This weekend I took a trip on the Empire Builder train to Leavenworth, Washington to see the Christmas lighting ceremony the Bavarian-themed town performs...