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So to help fund the FAST Act, the IRS is now going to enforce the provisions that say that having $51,000 in back taxes due means your passport can be revoked, trapping you inside the country. No criminal investigation is required, just the government saying you owe the dough. No problem...

I find the proposed sale of Dulles and National airports to be interesting. Privatizing these seems to be a no-brainer. Too bad all the frequency licenses are pretty much spoken for, I believe. I worked with someone who turned a low six figure investment into the low seven figures in the...

To get this a little back on topic. There were media reports that the crossing signals were malfunctioning prior to the collision, which may have contributed. With the gate staying down for extended periods or behaving erratically. Now the best way for dealing with this personally is probably...

A Voice, a couple of decades ago we didn’t have smart phones and Microsoft Windows was going to rule computing forever. Twenty years before that we didn’t have PCs and IBM mainframes were to going to rule. Never underestimate the power of technology to change things over a period of decades...

And I learned today that the garbage collectors involved in Crozet were from Time Disposal. They do pick up trash in my Charlottesville neighborhood, although I and most residents use another service that has been in the neighborhood longer. There are GoFundMe pages for a survivor and the...

As I stated elsewhere, car and truck travel will ultimately be resolved by the requirement to use self-driving vehicles, which will obey the traffic laws. Or you’ll be prohibited from using the roads. It may take a couple of decades, but I expect it will happen. That will fix most “idiot”...

And I do respect Third Rail and SarahZ a lot. Which doesn’t mean I have to agree with everything they say. Just most of it[emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Oh, I’ve already moved on from the lead train idea. We need to fix all passenger trains, not just the VIP ones. Was just throwing it out as an idea. Drones seem more workable. Besides the freights like BNSF are already using them for track inspections. Why can’t this expanded to active train...

Just a cameo, Third Rail. I would note that the solution for roads and highways is coming. Before too long, we’ll have self-driving cars. And companies, not just governments, seem eager to fund these. At some point shortly after that, driving your own car will be outlawed, first on the major...

The drone provides visibility of the track ahead for obstacles like idiots running the tracks that the engineer won’t see until too late. The horn is just an added bonus. And today was a PR disaster for Amtrak. Who in their right mind wants to subsidize train service that puts people in...

Another idea which could work on all the trains. Run a drone ahead of the train to see if the crossing is clear. A drone with a loud horn that could hover over the crossing if it looks like somebody is going to do something stupid. The drones should be relatively cheap. Infrared for night...

For a VIP charter train like this, would it make any sense to run an separate engine a mile or two ahead to make sure the track is clear? With the separate lead engine having special signage to let people know the main train was following. Like “You will die if you don’t wait!”. Just trying...

I personally know one of the Congress people and spouse on the train due to a long standing family connection. Fortunately, they are both OK according to tweets. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

So Obama couldn’t make the deal in the first place? And Trump can’t cancel the deal that Obama couldn’t make? Interesting. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Because the source of “dedicated funding” from ANWAR will probably go away when the other party takes power and reverses the Trump actions. Which will happen, sooner or later. A stable source of funding is required for the Gateway. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Having the federal taxpayer cover the entire cost of funding the projects does not seem reasonable in my view. The NY governor’s office compares this to a family mortgage. The country tried nothing down family mortgages last decade which was a major contributor to the housing crisis. Having...

There is some morbid entertainment in reading the Twitter feeds coming from the Atlanta Airport and Delta Airlines. Lot of upset people out there. One person said they’d never take Delta again and a response was that the other airlines are also hit so you might as well drive...or take Amtrak...

Yeah, it did get trashed pretty good on Friday after the medical leave news. Still way up from when Harrison started bidding for the company. The pre-Harrison price would probably get Warren’s attention. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Although the Crescent probably has a limited capacity to add passengers on this short a notice. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

I’m flying to Arizona in a few days. Thank god I’m not flying today. Actually Amtrak could get some business because how are they going to accommodate all those passengers who got cancelled today. Flights will be full the next few days... Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum