Hi, I'm here because I'm interested in taking Amtrak back and forth from San Jose, CA to Seattle WA, where my cousin lives and one of my kids is planning to start school in the fall. The only Amtrak I've taken before was the Capital Corridor, which is a lovely ride through the Sacramento Delta. I am so new to taking Amtrak that I find a lot of it mysterious and somewhat frustrating: the website seems ... um ... less than optimal, and at Diridon Station I guess there's some kind of turf battle that prevents good signage for the Amtrak trains. I actually missed the train the first time I tried to take the Capital Corridor from Diridon (that was not fun).
I'm here basically trying to figure out the pricing and the purchasing, and how to buy tickets in advance so they'll be a reasonable cost but still be able to change them later if needed, especially for a 2nd person. Stuff like that.
At home I'm an advocate for public transportation, specifically rail transit. Santa Cruz County owns the historic SC Branch Line, and my nonprofit organization, the Friends of the Rail & Trail, just recently won an electoral ballot-measure fight to keep the line for transit as a rail-with-trail project instead of stripping out the rail line. So I do a lot of public education and rail transit advocacy work at home. I'm looking forward to spending more time in Seattle and riding around on their awesome light rail system.
I'm here basically trying to figure out the pricing and the purchasing, and how to buy tickets in advance so they'll be a reasonable cost but still be able to change them later if needed, especially for a 2nd person. Stuff like that.
At home I'm an advocate for public transportation, specifically rail transit. Santa Cruz County owns the historic SC Branch Line, and my nonprofit organization, the Friends of the Rail & Trail, just recently won an electoral ballot-measure fight to keep the line for transit as a rail-with-trail project instead of stripping out the rail line. So I do a lot of public education and rail transit advocacy work at home. I'm looking forward to spending more time in Seattle and riding around on their awesome light rail system.