Category Archives: Freight

The Cost of Heavy Freight Trains

Posted on 2012/05/06 by

Over at Pennsylvania HSR, Samuel Walker reminds us that the dominance of coal for US freight traffic slows down passenger trains, and this has a social cost in addition to the direct costs of coal mining and burning. But another … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental Issues, Freight, High-Speed Rail, Politics and Society, Regional Rail, Transportation | 82 Comments

Quick Note on Food Transportation

Posted on 2011/07/20 by

It’s a commonplace among some environmentalists that an oil- or carbon-constrained world is one where it’s prohibitively expensive to ship food long distances, and therefore people should eat local. For example, James Kunstler argues that cities will shrink and people … Continue reading →

Posted in Freight, Transportation | 59 Comments

New York-Area Track Maps

Posted on 2011/05/23 by

The original purpose of this blog was to give me a domain name to upload things related to transit. The resource I was uploading was track maps of the New York area due to Rich E Green, whose site unexpectedly … Continue reading →

Posted in Freight, New York, Regional Rail, Transportation | 11 Comments