Recent content by trainman74

He does pick his moments, although depending on the video, there can be a lot of moments. In this one, in which he tries to ride all 45 transit systems in Los Angeles County within 72 hours, there's a lot to be sarcastic about. (My problem with this video is that there are a number of shaky-cam...

They went back to collecting fares on Monday, January 27 (although people directly affected by the fires can apply to get free fares for the next few months).

Los Angeles Metro is currently free "while fire conditions exist."

Interesting that they phrase it as "pay where you live" on the website, since there are probably some people who live within the free fare zone. Buses also used to be part of that same free fare zone, because the same fare payment method was used (pay when you enter inbound, pay when you exit...

I just visited Prague and Vienna (and various places in Germany) in September, and lockers are very common in large and medium-sized train stations, and even some smaller ones. Seat61.com has guides for the Prague central station and the Vienna central station that show exactly where the...

You're thinking of the Point Defiance Bypass in the Tacoma, Washington, area. That derailment was in 2017, and trains switched back to the old route, but then they started using the new route for good in 2021. (Correct, the derailment was a Cascades train, but the Coast Starlight uses that...

Incidentally, I was in downtown L.A. the day after Thanksgiving for the auto show, and thought about the City Hall observation deck... but it turned out to be closed (in fact, all of City Hall was closed) because it was an official city holiday.

Jewel-Osco is owned by Albertsons/Safeway. In the Chicago area, Kroger owns the Mariano's chain.

Found this photo of an L.A. Metro turnstile: The area where it's glowing red is a scanner that's supposed to be able to read the QR code in the Metrolink app.

The regular versions of Molson and Labatt's both have the same alcohol content as the regular version of Budweiser (5.0%). But at any rate, in this era of "craft beer," you can find plenty of American and Canadian beers with a wide variety of strengths.

In case this is helpful to anyone discovering this thread later: between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day, another option to get to the Museum of Science and Industry is the #10 bus, which is an express that runs about every half hour from Michigan Avenue directly to the front of the museum.

I discovered last month when I was in Boston for a brief visit that the T accepts contactless payments, so you can just tap with a credit card (or phone or watch) to get through the fare gates... However, other systems I've encountered with this setup will automatically cap fares at a certain...

From a 1974 Amtrak system timetable, via timetables.org -- I assume most of these were a version of what railliner describes in the previous post.

No, there never was -- rail service between Tampa and St. Petersburg has always gone "up and over" (through Oldsmar and Clearwater).

The cost probably only makes sense for frequent flyers, but domestic airport lounge memberships are basically open to anyone who has a few hundred dollars a year to spend (either directly to an airline, or as the annual fee for a credit card that includes lounge access).