2008-07-25 LA Times
DISPATCHES FROM COMIC-CON Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama in graphic detail at Comic-Con
The presidential candidates are getting their lives chronicled in comic books, shown at the San Diego...
2008-07-25 Roanoke Times
Residents promote passenger rail routes
Related Message board Speakers from throughout Southwest Virginia said all aboard Thursday to a panel of state transportation leaders checking whether there is public support to restart passenger rail service in the...
2008-07-24 Quincy Herald-Whig
Amtrak project to affect Quincy passengers on Carl Sandburg train
Amtrak announced Thursday that service of the Carl Sandburg train between Quincy and Chicago will be disrupted on weekdays between Aug. 4-29 because of a track improvement...
2008-07-24 Glenwood Independent
Glenwood Springs Amtrak station state's 2nd busiest
The train brings thousands through Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado EmailPrint Comment An Amtrak passenger train pulls into the train station in Glenwood Springs on Wednesday...
2008-07-23 Contra Costa Times
Hercules council OKs waterfront concept, bypassing voters
The Hercules City Council has approved a "New Urbanist, Smart Growth" development concept for the waterfront, eliminating the need to place the issue on the November...
2008-07-22 Post-Gazette
Around Town: Midnight train to Cleveland? C'mon, get rail!
The recent boom in passenger and freight traffic, spurred as so many things are by the soaring price of diesel fuel and gasoline, makes me happy.
2008-07-21 The Boston Globe
Amtrak's Downeaster ridership up 28 percent
PORTLAND, MaineRail officials say high gas prices has played a role in a 28 percent gain in ridership for Amtrak's Downeaster during the last fiscal...
2008-07-21 Fresno Bee
Take the train, leave the hassle behind
Did you know that you can show up 20 minutes before departure, park the car, buy a ticket -- $72 round trip from Fresno to Richmond -- and make the train? Plus you're allowed to board without taking off your belt and shoes or having to tell the security screener that a hunk of metal in your left...
2008-07-21 South Bend Tribune
Bayh pushes new rail funding package
In the 20th century heyday of American passenger railroads, riders sat cocooned in the elegance of the 'club car,' sipping bourbon from highball glasses and watching the countryside pass by in a...
2008-07-21 Santa Maria Times
More riders also utilizing Amtrak
Even while local buses are getting more and more riders, Amtrak ridership in Guadalupe and at many other train stations on the Central Coast is...
2008-07-21 In Rich
Amtrak ridership up nationwide
In the era of $4-a-gallon gasoline, travelers are flocking to ride Amtrak. But the national passenger rail service, dogged by delays and aging equipment, may not have enough trains to accommodate them...
2008-07-21 The Register-Guard
Get Amtrak back on track Bills would double funding for national rail service
With fuel prices soaring and airlines raising prices while cutting service, seats are filling fast on Amtrak trains. Ridership on the Coast Starlight run from Los Angeles to Seattle was up 32 percent in June compared with the previous...
2008-07-20 Toledo Blade
There are ways to cope with airlines
Last time out we talked about the three basic transport modes that free us up to roam about the country and the world: trains, planes, and...
2008-07-20 Boca Raton News
Tri-Rails burgeoning ridership puts pinch on parking
By Dale M. King CITY EDITOR Officials at the South Florida Regional Transit Authority operator of Tri-Rail trains are watching with big smiles as ridership takes a dramatic upward...
2008-07-20 Cleveland Live
Passenger rail in Ohio
We Americans have been investing heavily in our air and highway systems over the past 50 years while disinvesting in rail passenger service. We built 47,000 miles of interstate highways, and despite expansion of the system, highway congestion continues to...