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Re: Amtrak crash
Just take my word for it —the discussion on the Dianne Rehm Show of this week’s tragic Amtrak crash was cringe-inducing. You guessed it—not enough money, not enough money; more…
Northeast Corridor
electrified railway line in northeast USA
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A polite takedown of a redistributionist’s new book
University of Southern California law and business professor Edward Kleinbard devotes his latest book, We Are Better Than This, to, as the subtitle declares, “how the government should spend our…
Transportation
Want a passenger choo-choo in the Triangle? Maybe the private sector is the way to go
Recent changes in Wake County government leadership are likely to revive interest in taxpayer-funded passenger rail in the Triangle. But if passenger rail makes sense, why not look to the…
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Lower prices not such a good thing?
The latest Bloomberg Businessweek features in interesting commentary from Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who helped push for airline deregulation while serving as an aide to Sen. Edward Kennedy in…
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Barone examines a paradox of big government
In his latest column, Washington Examiner senior political analyst Michael Barone notes that government ? despite getting bigger ? seems less capable of completing big projects quickly. Today government takes…
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Travel log
*Greetings from Manalapan, NJ, where we’re staying with a close friend who’s no stranger to Greensboro. Gabby said I could link her only if I mentioned the fact that she’s…
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Road trip
…..Big time, up the Northeast corridor. Will check in when I can.
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Is Rick Thames Serious?
Now it is Rick Thames’ turn to tell the QC that no matter what, the Uptown paper of record will remain the Uptown paper of record. We’ll see about that.…
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Meanwhile, in University City
The revolution is spreading. In a “town hall” meeting in University City, CATS honcho Ron Tober got an earful from local residents. The Uptown paper of record reports: University City…
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Billion-Dollar Meeting Tonite
CATS jumps right back on the money train tonite, with Ron Tober moving to use Train Envy to get the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to back $1 billion worth of new…