February 6, 201015 yr They let "normals" use that? I remember seeing it as a kid but thought it was only for "important people". They used to let us commonfolk ride it in the 1990s. That's when I rode it with some Ohio Congresspersons whom I was lobbying, er educating, on the need for good train service to their districts. I haven't even bothered to ask to ride it since 9/11. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 6, 201015 yr They let "normals" use that? I remember seeing it as a kid but thought it was only for "important people". They used to let us commonfolk ride it in the 1990s. That's when I rode it with some Ohio Congresspersons whom I was lobbying, er educating, on the need for good train service to their districts. I haven't even bothered to ask to ride it since 9/11. ^How long have you been a rail lobbyist, er educator? My first time riding it was in 2006.
February 6, 201015 yr Since the mid-80s. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 6, 201015 yr Cool, were you upset when the railways were being shutdown in the 60s/70s? While we're on DC, here are a couple pics of their system:
February 6, 201015 yr Cool, were you upset when the railways were being shutdown in the 60s/70s? I was born in 1967. I got upset later. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 7, 201015 yr In Cleveland; heavy / light rail, brt, bus; ColumBUS; Nati just I75; Dayton bus; Montreal / Toronto / Vancouver / Chi / LA- trains...hoping for London's underground sometime this year.
February 11, 201015 yr All right, I'll try and personalize these a little Amtrak - Auto, or 'A' train - took this in 1976 just before my brother was born. My mom, grandparents and I took loaded our car on the train and then rode a sleeper car down to Florida. First time I was ever on a train. I was 4 yo at the time SI Ferry - growing up on Staten Island, it was the most direct way to NYC. Most vivid memory, unfortunately, is standing on the deck, and putting my hand on the rail, and realizing that a pigeon had just pooped there. I still get nauseous thinking about it. Spain - Metro in Madrid - first time out of the country as a Junior in HS. Interesting in that it was clean, and the map was easy enough to read that a kid who was barely literate in Spanish could navigate it with relative ease. Greyhound / Trailways - most frequent way of commuting back and forth to Syracuse from home (at that point in upstate NY) when I was in college. I met some very interesting people (both good and bad) on those trips. One time I sat next to a girl who was running away from home in Rochester to meet her father for the first time in Kingston. I actually got to watch as she met him the first time at the bus depot. Cleveland Rapid - rode it every work day for the better part of 4 years (2000-2004) when my job didn't require me to have a car. Great system, but they need more space between the seats. Long legs jammed into the back of the seat in front of me = unhappy AJ93. Most of the time I just stood. Amtrak again - 2007, my wife and I, and our 2.5 kids (she was preg w/ third at time) rode from Cleveland to LA, and then ultimately Carlsbad. Got sleeper cars and everything. Best/ worst trip I've been on. Caltran (or whatever it's called) - connected us from LA to Carlsbad. Cleanest, nicest train I was on for the whole trip, and they gave complimentary donuts / coffee. Plus, you got to ride down the coast and see the views. NYC Subway - rode it plenty of times visiting friends / family in NYC.
February 12, 201015 yr OK, you've got to be a railbuff if you rode (and remember the name of) CalTrain Los Angeles! And you've got be older than me if you rode Conrail's NYC commuter trains, which were turned over to MetroNorth in 1981 (unless, of course, you were a kid which it doesn't sound like you were). Railbuff indeed. I was either four or five when I rode a ConRail train (to Yonkers and back to Grand Central)...just once..either in 77 or 78 (moved to LA in Summer 1979). Funny I see Metro-North trains all the time these days when I visit NYC (I seem to be at Grand Central a lot) but I've never had a reason to ride them. The CalTrain in LA ran right behind the houses across the street from me (grew up in Northridge in the San Fernando Valley) Station was a sidewalk, basically..no parking/shelter..only about 1/2 mile away. I was 9/10 when it ran..in 1982 (maybe '83) I think. Metrolink's Ventura County Line (rode it now and then) runs there now on the same track (Amtrak runs there...Coast Starlight/Pacific Surfliner...as well)..Metrolink station is further west (and far more substantial).
February 12, 201015 yr Damn, you're younger than me! :( "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 12, 201015 yr For me it's only been Chicago, Cincinnati Metro, and NYC MTA. Although I lived in NYC and commuted for a year, so having the hindsight to be able to compare a purely auto commute (Cincinnati) vs the purely mass transit commute is extremely valuable I think (although I did have a car in NYC).
March 15, 201015 yr Cleveland-rapid, BRT, Bus Cincinnati-Bus Chicago-L New York-Subway Long Island Railway New Jersey- Some commuter rail Washington D.C.-Subway Toronto-Subway and Streetcar Bay Area-Bart San Francisco-Bus San Fran to Palo Alto-commuter rail Krakow, Poland-Streetcar and Subway Rome-Subway Edinburgh-Bus Scotland-commuter rail and bus New Orleans-streetcar I think this is it. Not a bad list for only being 21.
March 18, 201015 yr I'm sorry to say even though i live in the Northeast i haven't been on much. Not even the NYC subway system. Systems so far PATH System every line at least 2x Hudson-Bergen LR at least 15x NJT Rail 4 lines and about 30x Amtrak Keystone 1x Patco 1x By the end of this year Baltimore Light Rail Amtrak Northeast Regional to DC DC Metro NYC subways at least 5 lines Metro-North New Haven line Septa > Tram , Regional Rail , and Subway-EL Amtrak Regional to Boston ACES (Atlantic City Express) Amtrak Keystone 2x
November 25, 201212 yr As a daily commuter: CTA rapid transit and buses (Chicago) Pace buses (Chicago suburbs) Metra commuter trains (Chicago) MBTA subways and light rail (Boston / Cambridge) SEPTA commuter rail, subways, light rail, and buses (Philadelphia) MTA subways and buses (New York City) As a visitor / occasional rider: Amtrak Washington Metro MARTA rapid transit (Atlanta) MTA Long Island Rail Road MTA Metro North Railroad PATCO rapid transit (Philly / South Jersey) Portland MAX light rail Portland Streetcar Pittsburgh "T" light rail Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (Northern New Jersey) London Underground London buses Docklands Light Rail (London) UK intercity trains Queen City Metro buses (Cincinnati) TANK buses (Northern Kentucky / Cincinnati) Detroit people mover Jacksonville, Florida people mover Jacksonville, Florida buses I've also ridden and/or helped restore and operate vintage Chicago 'L' trains, NYC subway trains, and various streetcars and interurbans at Seashore Trolley Museum in Maine, Shore Line Trolley Museum in Connecticut, and the Illinois Railway Museum outside of Chicago. Updating my list to add: London Overground Eurostar high-speed rail Paris Metro Paris RER Los Angeles Metro (subway and light rail) San Diego Trolley (light rail) BART (subway) San Francisco Muni (light rail and heritage streetcars) San Francisco cable cars
November 25, 201212 yr Washington DC Metro MARC Virginia Railway Express Metro North Hudson line CGRTA Metra Pace St. Louis Metrolink San Diego Trolley Amtrak Columbus COTA Pittsburgh Light rail line Dallas light rail Ft Worth-Dallas Trinity River Express Dallas McKinney Ave streetcar
November 25, 201212 yr Copenhagen Metro London Tube Chicago RTA Cleveland RTA Columbus COTA Pittsburgh T Berlin Heavy Rail Berlin Streetcars Prague Streetcars Rome Metro Detroit People Mover Paris Metro St. Louis Metrolink St. Petersburg (Russia) Metro Moscow Metro DC Metro NY Metro San Francisco BART Portland Streetcar Seattle Light Rail Athens Metro TGV High Speed Rail (France) St Petersburg-Moscow Rail Italy High Speed Rail Amtrak Cascades Amtrak Pennsylvanian
November 25, 201212 yr I've moved around so much I'm probably missing a few, but I think this is everything... Amtrak: Northeast Corridor, Cardinal, Empire Builder, Cascades Atlanta: MARTA rail Boston: MBTA T and commuter rail Chicago: CTA buses and rail, Metra, Pace buses Columbus: COTA buses, Ohio State CABS Dayton: RTA buses DC: Metrorail Greyhound Indiana: NICTD South Shore Line NJ: NJ Transit regional rail NY/NJ: PATH NYC: MTA rail Philadelphia: SEPTA regional rail, subways, buses Pittsburgh: PAT buses, T, Duquesne Incline Portland: TriMet buses, MAX light rail, Streetcar Seattle: Metro buses edit, thought of a couple more...
November 26, 201212 yr Cincinnati Metro Boston T San Francisco Streetcar, Muni, & BART NJ Transit NY MTA Subway Greyhound Updating mine... Amtrak (Lake Shore LTD) Cleveland WRTA Chicago El & CTA buses Indy Bus MegaBus Over the next year, probably Phoenix bus & light rail and Munich (and other cities in Germany) transit.
November 26, 201212 yr trains only, not buses: Cleveland Chicago NYC Washington DC Boston Toronto Detroit (people mover) Various European cities in England, Germany, Italy, France..
November 26, 201212 yr Greater Cleveland RTA, SORTA (Cincinnati), Amtrak, NYC Subway, MARTA, MBTA (Boston), Metropolitana (Rome), TGV/Eurostar (England, France, Italy), Greyhound, CABS.
November 26, 201212 yr Cleveland New York Chicago Toronto DC London Milan Paris Rome Amsterdam Venice
November 26, 201212 yr No updates from me. Since I've started this thread the furthest away I've been is NKY. sux
November 26, 201212 yr My additions would be Nashville, Pittsburgh, Columbus and Harrisburg. I'd been to each before but had never taken the bus to get around.
January 2, 201312 yr PARTA (Portage County) NYC Metro (NYC) GCRTA (Cleveland) Amsterdam Transit (Don't know the name)
January 2, 201312 yr San Francisco BART NYC (multiple) Boston T Washington DC metro Cleveland GCRTA Denver (16th St. Shuttle)
January 2, 201312 yr Intracity Bus: Cincinnati Chicago Washington DC London Toronto Intracity Rail: Detroit People Mover Washington DC Subway Paris Subway London Subway Toronto Streetcar and Subway Chicago L Intercity: Megabus, Boltbus, and Greyhound in the US Eurostar (Rail from London to Paris through the Chunnel)
January 2, 201312 yr Akron Metro RTA Tucson Sun Tran Pittsburgh Port Authority Philadelphia SEPTA (both trains and subway) Montreal Metro and STA Toronto TTC (subway and streetcar) Seattle (Sound Transit-rail and bus, King County buses and trolleybuses, Seattle Center Monorail, the SLUT streetcar) Portland streetcar and TriMax Vancouver SkyTrain and buses Minneapolis Hiawatha Line Washington Metro Norforlk HRT Greater New York (MTA buses, subway, metro north, PATH) Nashville MTA intracity Bolt Bus Megabus
January 2, 201312 yr Rail Cleveland GCRTA NYC Metro Boston MBTA San Fran BART Paris Metro Barcelona Metro Bilbao Metro Amsterdam Metro Rome Metro Prague Metro Berlin U-Bahn Several Eurostar trips throughout Europe. Bus Boston San Fran Florence Capri Naples Rome Berlin Kent State Parta https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
January 11, 201312 yr Anyone know how Honolulu can afford a 5.3 billion dollar light rail line but Ohio can't? That's $45,000 per resident there.
January 12, 201312 yr Anyone know how Honolulu can afford a 5.3 billion dollar light rail line but Ohio can't? That's $45,000 per resident there. Because their Government wasn't against it!
January 13, 201312 yr Rail: SEPTA (Philly) NYC Boston Amtrak (OR, MI, IN, OH, IL) Portland - gorgeous, great service, ran often (except at night... Chose to walk instead of waiting 35-40 minutes for a PDX bus, at 11p on a friday night) - used it 6-7 times in Oct. - bought day passes at kiosks that were curbside, NO waiting for people paying on the bus. Cleveland - only 2 or 3 times (gasp!) Chicago - the L Madrid (doesn't really count, only once, to/fro airport to downtown during a layover) Bus: Cleveland (don't live near the rapid, so if I take RTA, it's the bus) Portland (just rode it for several days for the time in Oct) Dakar
January 19, 201312 yr As of January Amtrak , Regional , Keystone Boston MBTA , Regional Rail , all Subways , a few LRT and buses CT Transit , a few lines CT Rail Division New Jersey Transit , Regional Rail , all LRT , a few buses PATCO PATH SEPTA , Suburban Streetcars , Regional Rail , a few buses , Subways Long Island Bus Long Island Railroad Hudson Valley buses Metro North NYC Subways , half the system By December Amtrak , Acela , Lake Shore Limited Cleveland RTA Chicago EL Metra DC Metro MARC MTA Light Rail VRE
January 19, 201312 yr Anyone know how Honolulu can afford a 5.3 billion dollar light rail line but Ohio can't? That's $45,000 per resident there. Because their traffic jams are legendary, and the rail system would save time over driving. The FTA's prior scoring criteria gave high marks to projects that generated "hours of user benefit" compared to operating and capital costs over 30 years. So the more users, the more time they saved and the less cost the better. Given the cost of Honolulu's project, the hours of user benefit must have been pretty substantial to offset the cost. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 7, 201312 yr USA: GCRTA (Cleveland) COTA (Columbus) Metro (Cincinnati) Amtrak Canada: Translink (Vancouver) Japan: JR East (Tokyo, above-ground rail lines, incl. Tokyo Monorail) JR Central (Kyoto, above-ground rail lines, incl. Shinkansen) Kyoto Bus (can't remember the company name) Tokyo Metro (Tokyo, subway) Toei Metro (Tokyo, subway) Yurikamome (Tokyo, people-mover) Chiba Monorail (Chiba, suspended monorail) Tokyo's mass transit is amazingly extensive and is by far the most efficient transit system I've ridden on my otherwise very short list. “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
August 4, 201410 yr Updating my list Intracity Bus: Cincinnati Buffalo Montreal Albany Schenectady San Francisco Chicago Washington DC London Toronto Denver/Boulder Sacramento New Orleans Intracity Rail: New York City Subway Detroit People Mover Washington DC Subway Paris Subway London Subway Toronto Streetcar and Subway Chicago L Montreal Subway Denver Streetcar Buffalo Subway New Orleans Streetcar Atlanta Rail (MARTA) Philadelphia Subway Salt Lake City Intercity: Amtrak - California Zephyr (Omaha-San Francisco) Amtrak - Adirondack (Montreal - Albany) Greyhound, Boltbus, Megabus Eurostar (London - Paris)
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