In 2008, the Passenger Investment and Improvement Act was passed and signed into law. An unfortunate feature of this law was a provision to sunset Amtrak subsidies for shorter routes (those under 750 miles from endpoint to endpoint), requiring the states (most of which already cover a part of the subsidy) to cover the costs […]
Category: travel
…and the whole NYC subway system collapses. This for the greatest city in the world? Just pathetic.
New Mexico sure looks different than Kentucky: It rained or threatened to rain for ten consecutive days, which I’m told is unusual. In any case, I’m happy to be back, although the traffic bump that accompanied my vacation has enhanced my sense of personal irrelevance. Thanks to Rodger for his fine, well-thought out posts, and […]
This is perhaps the stupidest question I’ll ever ask on this blog, but here it is: Which of the following layover scenarios strikes y’all as the least hideous?(a) Eight hours in Cincinnati
Going to Mount Rushmore cost me $8, about an hour, and a fair amount of aggravation, but, hey, when am I going to be in South Dakota again? It occured to me while observing the monument how fortunate