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Miles just took the Tunnel Bus between Windsor and Detroit

In September 1991 my wife and I went to a Red Sox game in Detroit but she demanded we stay in Windsor. Windsor Transit had a Tigers Express and they didn't expect 2 US citizens to be on it :) A few years earlier I crossed the Peace Bridge into Buffalo and thought US Customs was the toll...

https://www.universalhub.com/2023/new-mega-green-line-cars-will-be-somber-dont-mess

@oregon pioneer The odd thing is Quebec delivered A-55 to Derby Line to connect with I-91 but they flat out refused to connect to I-89. Quebec Route 133 to this day is a dangerous road - especially at night...

The road connecting Montreal to the Vermont border was scheduled to open in 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Autoroute_35

https://www.wmtw.com/article/could-soon-cost-more-ride-amtrak-downeaster-train-maine/45486277# They plan to increase the fare to $36 one way in coach between Brunswick and Boston and business class would jump to $50-52

VIA itself promotes it as the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. Border control will always be a headache with no easy solutions. Miles is quirky but he is excellent at looking at existing infrastructure and asking 'What were they thinking?' as he looked at the MBTA and then SEPTA, Amtrak, and bus...

Miles is trying to compare VIA's Windsor/Quebec City corridor with Amtrak's NEC and I don't think he comprehends it's apple and oranges. VIA and Amtrak should be locked in a room until they figure out a direct Toronto/Windsor?Detroit/Chicago run.

No doubt advanced technology factors into the equation. Block signaling was reliable but an incident back in 1975 when THREE trains collided between Park and Charles during rush hour sped up ATO. The Bombardier 1800s on the Red Line came along in 1993 with onboard computers manufactured by...

Eng seems genuinely flabbergasted over this fiasco. We know Baker demanded serious cutbacks to cut costs but we are now in uncharted territory. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/28/metro/t-chief-calls-green-line-extension-slowdown-unacceptable/

Governor Healy - "How these defects can be possible after only a year in service?” I believe Eng is the right choice but he has to be beside himself trying to sort this mess out. Living 5 minutes away from the new GLX station at Union I have watched the project closely. I grumbled when some...

I have a feeling this might be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back.

If this is true then the T is almost beyond hope. If you can't build new tracks correctly it is easier to understand why they seem unable to correct the slow zones. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/26/metro/mbta-green-line-extension-new-slow-zones/

Worcester commuters are livid https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2023/09/26/express-train-from-worcester-to-boston-not-so-fast/70971536007/?utm_source=telegram-newsalert-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_term=hero&utm_content=nteg-worcester-nletter01

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Of course, Miles was on first train

Picknelly is following the family legacy. As regional bus operations go Peter Pan has always been top-notch, when they absorbed RI-based Bonanza 21 years ago nobody really complained. Being from Springfield they focused on service to Hartford and NYC as Boston to them was a soft market. 30...

The owner of Peter Pan Bus Peter A. Picknelly III will fight rail upgrades to the death and he has clout on Beacon Hill. Before the Mass Pike opened the B&A could do Boston/Springfield in 90 minutes - that would be tricky today with commuter rail running more trips more trips between Boston and...

WESH-TV Orlando WSVN-TV Miami WPTV-TV West Palm Beach Is it cheaper to drive or take Brightline to Orlando? Brightline pulls into Orlando on inaugural trip from South Florida Brightline passes through 'Confusion Corner' in downtown Stuart Pedestrian struck, killed by Brightline train...