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While the time savings is the benefit that the public will most likely notice (it is a slow crawl through there), I would suggest that the important benefits are in the resilience and capacity improvements.

Now that the Record of Decision has been made, the only way I see anything else being built involves doing nothing for at least a decade or two first, at that point it would make sense to see if another plan is better suited at that time. Alt 3B has similar advantages to 3C in travel time and...

Its really not that many, and I would suspect most of the cars parked in that area parked would be owned by those residents that will be displaced anyway.

Chapter 3 of the FEIS (p.29) has a chart showing the travel time reductions for the new tunnels, under Alt 3B (refined). Page 32 has travel times between Baltimore Penn and the Gwynns Falls bridge. Over that segment the current travel times are nearly identical, and the alternative provides time...

At what plant is Bombardier building the R179s?

No surprise they went with 3B, I figured it would be another month though before they released the ROD though... They must have put this out in the last couple of hours, I didn't see it when I checked earlier today (its one I have been following fairly close). Now time to read through the ROD...

Good points. I would have to assume that UD students might also find having these options convenient.

The NGEC web-page has been updated with the meeting minutes for 3/28/17. It states that 9 chargers where conditionally accepted on the 28th. They also seem to suggest progress on the various agreements between the states and Amtrak on the contracts related to their use. And a question, what is...

I wouldn't expect that Amtrak would present much of an obstacle, since I think a fair share of the riders that would transfer between SEPTA & MARC probably aren't riding Amtrak on a regular basis. They will certainly want infrastructure improvements and charge as much as they do for commuter...

DelDOT has a project web page for the station here. Not much, but the presentation to the Newark City Council slides at least give a glimpse of what they are planning.

Well 15' does certainly present a challenge, I suppose it could be worse.... Beyond physically having the property, it would most likely require rebuilding or replacing a fair number of the bridges along that particular stretch of tracks. Thinking aloud; assuming 4 tracks, it would be 45'...

I know track center distance has been mentioned as an issue in the past. What sort of spacing is being suggested at a minimum for track centers?

According to some that is impossible. Maybe it is time to realize that transportation funding is more complex than that...

I can admit I made a mistake in what I read, I do not claim to be perfect. I think Eric S captured my thoughts (all though I will admit I did not articulate them) about your statement on not being able to make comparisons to the European or Japanese systems fairly well. How should timely...

Nor do I. A few points. Most of the projects that are in various stages of development (even if they aren't all to the construction phase) for the NEC are for precisely what he claims to want; improvements to allow more dependable and reliable service with the possibility to support additional...

I guess another possibility would be Metrolink if their F125 purchase turns out to be a failure....

I could contribute with rumors (and probably will with my speculation), but I don't think there is anything officially out there for a plan. Am I correct in that Amtrak owns 21 total F59PHIs? I can't see them bumping the P32-8s, I see those as having a life similar to the GP38-3Hs. Always...

Thanks for the reply! Certainly something that I think advocates, the states, and congress-critters all should continue push to find out. Sounds reasonable. I would assume e-ticketing still allows for someone (or even an agent) to print a paper copy of the ticket and that paper value tickets...

How are the overhead cost split? Does each train get "charged" the same? Does the NEC and state corridors (that run multiple trains) get charged proportionately more because there are more trains? Is there a good breakdown of what is included in the total overhead charge? The 19% increase in a...

The public outreach meeting that was scheduled for tonight has been moved back to Thursday March 23.