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The whole discussion of AirTags or tracking devices is a bit of a red herring, and ignores the fundamental issue (which jis alluded to). The reason they didn't know where their crews were was because the technological interface was overwhelmed and suffered a meltdown. If they can't manage...

That's a good argument in favor of an unlimited-ride pass. But, regardless of the fare, the "hop on, hop off" type of use is only practical if the service is frequent. If you knew you had a 30-60 minute wait for the next trip, you'd probably not be inclined to get off to grab something from a...

My understanding is the main argument against MUs vs. loco & trailers has been that MUs must all be maintained according to locomotive standards, vs. trailers which have less stringent inspection routines. I'm not an expert on maintenance and inspection requirements, but my vague recollection...

This is the key issue here, and has been my opinion on the matter for a while. There are a few circumstances where free transit really makes sense: when the cost to collect the fares exceeds the amount received from it (may be true for very small systems with low ridership, but likely not for...

I don’t know the actual preference order. Assuming you were traveling end-to-end and not partway, with someone else having booked your room for a different segment and preferred lower level, then it’s possible that the end rooms above the trucks and by the end doors are given lower preference...

There is an order of sales, but it is not true (and never has been, as far as I can tell) that rooms are pre-assigned to a bucket. It has been a while since I’ve been in a position to check, but IIRC, there is an order of “preference” in the system that tells the system to sell room 1 first...

If I’m reading that graph correctly, the pool of working aged people isn’t really shrinking. It’s just stayed flat over the couple of years instead of a +0.25 to 0.5% growth over the previous decade. Essentially, the labor pool today is the same size it was in early 2019 or so.

I don’t see the overall benefit of investing significant money in the infrastructure and logistics of TSA-sealed railcars and checkpoints at outer rail stations (with associated major staffing costs) just so a handful of motorists can save on parking fees. Trains connecting to...

I wish I could remember where I found the data so I could link to it, but I remember doing some calculations years ago. The ~$5,000/train figure is something I remember for a corridor passenger train. Freight trains…north of $200K/train. Granted, not apples-to-apples (i.e., freights have to...

Add me to the list of folks who have no trouble accessing the site, logging in, doing stuff, etc., on Mac (Mac OS 13.0 Ventura, Safari v16.1).

Typically around when the statement period ends. The last month of Bank of America’s involvement was a bit unique in that they were being done as the transactions posted. Otherwise, pretty much every points-benefit credit card I’ve ever used will give you those points after the statement closes.

I’m pretty sure all coaches used in corridor service (and a handful of LD coaches) have MU capability.

Maybe/hopefully if FNBO and AGR get enough complaints about people needing to correct their AGR number/convert a “new” account back into their existing one, they’ll realize they need a better way to match the accounts. I have multiple email addresses, which I use for different purposes. It’s...

If you take the Canadian on a short trip, just be prepared for the OTP to be absolutely horrid. When I took the Canadian a couple years ago, we met the westbound in Jasper which was running 19 hours late. This means being prepared not only for a few extra hours, but possibly an extra overnight...

I wouldn’t think a buffer car would be needed for road collisions, given that it would be the lead locomotive that would take the brunt of the damage. Instead, a rear-ender collision would (in theory) be equally likely if it were the VIA train doing the hitting or doing the being hit.

I’m curious how anyone can be particularly confident of what congress will do, if it isn’t something they’ve already voted on.

I thought that’s what Indianapolis uses for their BRT line.

Because ADA applies to trains, and it does not apply to airplanes.

The “long-story short” version (because, in the 1.5-year grounding, lots was going on with various regulators around the world) is that faulty angle-of-attack sensors caused the plane to think it was pitching up more than it actually was, potentially nearing a stall (it was not, but one of the...

The “low engines” goes back to the original 737-100. It was designed to operate from airports with minimal improvements, and the -100 and -200 are the ones with the mods to take off from gravel runways. The -500 wasn’t even the first one with the larger CFM engines, that was the -300. The 757...