Intermodality

While I was in Boston, HGAC released a commuter rail study. It’s an extensive, in-depth document, the best look we’ve had at what a commuter rail system in the Houston region might be like and what it would take to implement. The proposed system is ambitious: 5 lines, to Hempstead, Tomball, Galveston, Alvin, and […]

What do you get for $400 million in transit improvements?

In 1995, Boston opened a new $160 million basketball arena, now called TD Banknorth Garden, with a major commuter rail station, North Station, on the ground floor. In 2003, Boston’s MBTA spent $325 million to completely rebuild the subway station that serves the commuter rail station […]

This isn’t one of the longest posts I’ve written, or the most interesting. But it is one of the fastest. I’m on board Acela Express train 2165, headed south through Connecticut on my way from Boston to New York. Out the window I can see blue water and sailboats.

That’s my knee in the picture. […]