“Our most essential mobility needs can be better met with tools we already have.….If most bus stops were sheltered and equipped—thanks to technology—with digital signs telling bus riders exactly when the next bus will arrive, we wouldn’t have to commit so much research effort and money to developing high-tech systems that can fit more driverless cars in a given road lane.” —Peter Norton, Autonorama #Autonorama #Cars #Transit #Rail #Bus

“Dense cities don’t have room for everyone’s car. If too many people use cars, they take up all the available space and still get in each other’s way, which is what congestion is.” From @humantransit https://humantransit.org/2023/06/the-old-old-idea-of-high-tech-cars.html #Autorama #HighTech #Cars

“The expansion of night trains has support from the EU as part of its mission to cut the continent's carbon footprint.” https://news.sky.com/story/the-new-generation-of-night-trains-snaking-their-way-across-europe-12895265 #NightTrain #PassengerRail #Carbon #EU

“Could the comeback of the night train on the continent help wake the Nightstar project from its three decade slumber?” https://nation.cymru/culture/go-to-bed-in-swansea-wake-up-in-paris-the-story-of-wales-forgotten-sleeper-train-to-france/ #Wales #Cymru #Rail #PassengerRail #France #NightTrain #Sleeper #Nightstar

“Amtrak and NC by Train plan to add a daily roundtrip on the Piedmont passenger-rail service between Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, beginning July 10. The number of daily departures between the two cities will increase from eight to 10. The Piedmont service includes stops in Cary, Durham, Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury and Kannapolis.” https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news.aspx?id=69304 #Amtrak #PassengerRail #NorthCarolina #Piedmont #Charlotte #Raleigh

“Brightline hopes [LA-Las Vegas] will be the first of many high-speed links between cities that are, as it phrases it, “too close for flying but too far for driving” – Charlotte and Atlanta; Seattle and Portland; Dallas, Austin and Houston; Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, St Louis and Detroit.” #Brightline #LosAngeles #LasVegas #Charlotte #Atlanta #Seattle #PortlandOR #Dallas #Austin #Houston #Chicago #Minneapolis #Indianapolis #StLouis #Detroit #PassengerRail #HSR https://arr.as/8

“The Federal Railroad Administration unveiled a revised concept late Friday for the redevelopment of Union Station, laying out a future transit hub with far less parking, pickup and drop-off traffic below ground, and more fully integrated access for pedestrians, bikes and buses.“ https://wapo.st/3BnxaSj #Rail #FRA #UnionStation #WashingtonDC #Pedestrians #Bike #Bus #Amtrak #CommuterTrain

“Brightline…announced it is the first passenger rail service in the world to offer Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency broadband service.…Brightline selected to partner with Starlink, which is engineered and operated by SpaceX.” https://www.gobrightline.com/press-room/brightline-becomes-first-train-in-the-world-with-starlink #Brightline #Starlink #SpaceX #PassengerRail #Wifi #Broadband