Below are all the rail transit, commuter/regional rail and intercity rail projects/routes that have opened in the U.S. during the COVID era (since 2020).
29 rail service openings. 2 closings.
(Thanks to the always helpful Transport Politic list by @yonahfreemark.com for reference)
So, you can keep on repeating "Minnesota" all you want. Twin Cities has 2 light-rail lines still operating, with a major extension coming.
29 projects opened to 2 closed.
SEPTA & CTA were under threat last year. The money was ultimately found. It's concerning, but it also hasn't happened so far.
Amtrak Borealis(serves Minnesota)
MBTA S Coast Rail to New Bedford, Fall River
Amtrak Mardi Gras
Honolulu Skyline Phase II
KC Streetcar Main St. extension
LA Metro Gold Line Pomona extension
Valley Metro S Central corridor
DART Silver Line
Seattle Crosslake Connection
South Shore Line Monon Corridor
Tempe Streetcar
WMATA Silver Line Phase II
Honolulu SkyLine
LA Metro Regional Connector
Milwaukee Streetcar extension
LIRR East Side Access
Tacoma Link Hilltop extension
Brightline Ft. Lauderdale-Orlando Airport
Tri-Rail to MiamiCentral
SunRail to DeLand
Seattle Link 2 Line Phase 1
Cont.
Well, "Minnesota" didn't lose service, but the Northstar closed. So did DC Streetcar. Here's what opened since 2020:
Denver N Line
BART-Berryessa
Charlotte CityLynx Phase II
San Diego Mid-Coast Blue Line
Seattle Link - Northgate
MBTA GLX Medford & Union Squ
LA Metro K Line
SEPTA Wawa Extension
Cont.
I don’t fully agree. Certainly regaining ridership has been a slow process. But launch of new services has continued. The 4 photos in the post all opened in the last year, the first 2 just in the last couple weeks.
I don’t know why there’s a Metra EMU there…
That’s the new South Shore Monon Corridor…
You’re only considering the intercity rail network. My point was intercity rail and rail transit (including commuter rail).
Things that are simultaneously correct:
•There are more passenger rail services connecting more communities in the U.S. now than the last 75 years, and in some places, ever.
•Given our resources and by international comparison, we’re still way behind many other countries.
🛤️🚉🚆
They may. I feel like I’ve seen that recently.
Since St Paul’s restored Union Depot opened in 2014, Amtrak has served the Twin Cities at that facility. Today, the daily Empire Builder passes by the former Midway station while Borealis terminates at Union Depot.
Train Beer Friday: Subway Tiles Pale Ale by Black Stack Brew in St. Paul, MN. Located literally next door to the former Amtrak Minneapolis-St Paul Midway station between the Twin Cities downtowns, the rail trackage is controlled by the region’s terminal RR Co, the Minnesota Commercial Railway.
Baton Rouge is not at substantial elevation above the river, but the heart of downtown and the LSU campus are above the Mississippi on decently-sized bluffs with levees at the riverbank. Short tunnel sections might be available with proper engineering.
There's no shot of this, but Baton Rouge metro pop is nearly 890,000. It's the state capital & home to its largest university. A simple north-south metro line is justifiable:
💠BTR Airport -💠Southern U -💠State Capitol -💠Downtown -💠LSU Campus
(Well-studied tunnels may be possible)
Northstar just closed a few months ago. It takes some time to conduct a long-term lease or acquisition/transfer, especially to Amtrak (transit agencies seem to make transfers among themselves happen faster).
TRE has just a portion of the fleet and only on a short-term lease through the World Cup. They'll be returned to Metro Transit later this year...
There's still a good amount of time before Madison happens, but I think these will probably be part of the solution eventually...
(The seating / amenities aren't right for Borealis, but for CHI-MKE-MDN, they'll do fine)
At this projected ridership, the Madison Hiawatha extension at 2 roundtrips per day would average 767 new riders per day (280,000/365), or about 192 additional passengers per one-way trip (767/4). Current railcar capacity could definitely be a challenge…🚆
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This is all you got?
What parish you live in, son?
Why are you scared of cities? Are you scared of confronting your teeming racism?
Because what you said is Baton Rouge is a shithole because of black crime. Sorry if thats hard for you to live with.
You responded to my post, BTW. Just scrolling around looking for Baton Rouge topics to spew your bullshit?
I live 3 blocks from Government St. My church is a block of Florida.
But you’re an absolute racist presumptive piece of shit. You condemned a whole city to crime infested along racial lines which first came out of your mouth. Fuck off being scared of living in a city.
Greenprace commie my ass.
I’ve lived here since 2019. Haven’t been shot once.
Colorado should have an asterisk because they're on the verge of having two new state-supported routes and have some funding already in place.
Also, NM & UT don't appear here because their existing commuter/regional rail systems (RailRunner & FrontRunner) cover much of their respective populations
🤦♂️for me leaving them off and them being intransigent
States that should invest in (or grow investment) in intrastate/intercity passenger rail:
-Ohio -Georgia
-Tennessee -Texas
-Florida -Arizona
-Colorado -Indiana
-Kentucky -S. Carolina
-Wisconsin -Louisiana
-Kansas -Nebraska
(all states already funding🚆s)
Lots of wide avenues with huge medians (neutral ground) for the streetcar network. It was their signature. Of course, St. Charles & Canal are still active as such. And while there was lots of wealth generated by private activity, the city/parish government was always poor in tax revenue.
We have an early look of the interior for new railcars being built for the new metro route serving the LSU campus here in Baton Rouge…
🟡🟣🐯😉 j/k
Past & Present
Main & Amherst streets
Buffalo, N.Y.
International Railway Company /
Niagara Frontier Transit Authority