Recent content by Spokker

I'm surprised I still get away with not having my ID checked on the Surfliner. In due time, of course.

If I can't afford it then I can't take the train. That's the reality. The cost per mile exceeds that of the operating costs of my Honda Civic. Because I need the car for work and school anyway, I cannot get rid of the car so I must disregard fixed costs. If we had a proper bus system with local...

Assuming Amtrak is a business. Transportation is hardly a competitive business environment. Either until all subsidies end or rail is put on a level playing field with roads, it won't happen.

I was going to go to LA the other day. Take Metrolink there, Pacific Surfliner back at night. Decided not to because a one-way trip between Anaheim and LA is $14. Just didn't go. It's getting to the point where even if I take the train, I'm afraid of taking a bag because I don't want it to be...

Good luck taking Metrolink in the middle of the day, at night, or during the reverse commute most of the time. Invest in more public transportation. Add more cars. Double track the right of way. Rail is a public good. Riders pay more while more and more general funding is shifted to prop up the...

They lost me as a passenger and will operate an even emptier train at 10:10PM out of Los Angeles.

These dogs are our last lines of defense against screening and pat downs on trains.

No they are not.

Taiwan is the China that China could be. They have their own problems, of course, but they are in a much better position to face the future.

I'd just rather not be in China. The rise of China has been greatly exaggerated.

And I'll be more likely to vote for him again if he preserves high speed rail funding.

It's a good deal. Summer fares on Amtrak are atrocious. Their off-peak fares are just right.

Since it wasn't even printed in the schedule then the trains were doomed then. But the Dodgers lack of attendance definitely contributed.

People listened and stayed off the freeways or took Metro. The 405 is now reopened and people are lamenting that it's over.

These were the Dodger trains and they were not printed in regular schedules and it's no surprise they were canceled based on what's been happening with the team. The SB trains continue because there is almost hourly service all day and the late night trains are actually printed in the schedule.