Taking the Train X: A Check In

Some updates and an evaluation of the blog's future

No blog this week, sorry everyone!

Instead I thought I’d give a quick update, which is that I’ll likely need to start writing shorter blogs from here on out. As much as I love the heavily researched piece, sometimes they take nearly as much time as a part-time job and that’s not very feasible for me at the moment.

That said, I’d love to know what topics you all would be interested in. Please feel free to drop a comment or reach out directly with rail-related subjects! It’d be great to write some pieces attempting to answer any questions you all may have.

Here’s a list of the topics I’ve covered to date (not including the more news-oriented posts):

• Grants, State Authority, and Large-Scale Investment (1/9)

• Transportation’s Role in Social Equity (1/16)

• American High-Speed Rail pt. 1 (1/23)

• Boston Case Study (1/30)

• Rail + Property Development Model (2/13)

• Legacy of the Transcontinental Railroad (2/20)

• Benefits of New Rail Cars (2/27)

• Stakes of Infrastructure Funding (3/5)

• Subway Safety (3/12)

• Transit-Oriented Development (3/26)

• High Demand for Rail Transit (4/2)

• Los Angeles Case Study (4/9)

• American High-Speed Rail pt. 2 (4/23)

• Rail Track Redundancy (4/30)

What’s missing from this list for you? Let me know! And with that, I’ll be back next week. Cheers!

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Unrelated, but here’s a photo my dog, Django, from this past February. I don’t think he’s ever been on a train.