San Antonians for Rail Transit
@railforsatx.bsky.social
San Antonians for Rail Transit (SART) is a group dedicated to promoting efficient, reliable rail transportation for Central and South Texas.
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Did you know that the Amtrak Texas Eagle has to BACK UP to get out of the San Antonio Amtrak station? It’s true, and it adds 15 minutes to an hour to every trip that goes through San Antonio. Why is this?
Robust intra- and Intercity rail are part of transforming cities to drive the fight against the #climatecrisis.
As nations KEEP FAILING on #ClimateAction, cities must DOUBLE their efforts & actions on #ClimateChange mitigation though the SIGNIFICANT power of land-use and transportation decisions, which are within the power of cities and are TRANSFORMATIVE in addressing the #ClimateCrisis.
Further & faster.
Further & faster.
Another COP. Another disappointment.
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Robust intra- and Intercity rail are part of transforming cities to drive the fight against the #climatecrisis.
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Americans love rail—and they deserve a rail network on par with our international counterparts.
That starts with investments from Congress.
That starts with investments from Congress.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Americans love rail—and they deserve a rail network on par with our international counterparts.
That starts with investments from Congress.
That starts with investments from Congress.
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TODAY is the last day to tell TxDOT: "I want statewide mass transit in Texas!"
TxDOT's transit plan is a huge deal and it needs YOUR support. If you do one thing today, do this: 👉 Take the survey! 👈
Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/F6RQFQN
TxDOT's transit plan is a huge deal and it needs YOUR support. If you do one thing today, do this: 👉 Take the survey! 👈
Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/F6RQFQN
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
TODAY is the last day to tell TxDOT: "I want statewide mass transit in Texas!"
TxDOT's transit plan is a huge deal and it needs YOUR support. If you do one thing today, do this: 👉 Take the survey! 👈
Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/F6RQFQN
TxDOT's transit plan is a huge deal and it needs YOUR support. If you do one thing today, do this: 👉 Take the survey! 👈
Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/F6RQFQN
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Cutting Federal Transit Funding Won’t Close Budget Gaps — But Will Make Transportation Less Affordable - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/20/c... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @yonahfreemark.com
Cutting Federal Transit Funding Won’t Close Budget Gaps — But Will Make Transportation Less Affordable — Streetsblog USA
The Trump administration's proposal to eliminate the mass transit account of the Highway Trust Fund would be short-sighted, ineffective, and ruinous, a new analysis finds.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Cutting Federal Transit Funding Won’t Close Budget Gaps — But Will Make Transportation Less Affordable - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/20/c... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @yonahfreemark.com
The Long Bridge project is the first in Virginia's ambitious plan to transform its rail infrastructure. States partnered with AMTRAK can make passenger rail great again.
To allow work on the new Long Bridge project, beginning in January, VRE will significantly alter its schedule through 2030. No trips are being eliminated but mid-day trips (8:15 am–1:00 pm, MON-SAT) will terminate or originate in Alexandria, not DC.
Details: vrevip.squarespace.com/blog/how-to-...
Details: vrevip.squarespace.com/blog/how-to-...
How to Prepare for Schedule Changes — VRE | Very Important Passenger
What VRE Riders Need to Know
vrevip.squarespace.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The Long Bridge project is the first in Virginia's ambitious plan to transform its rail infrastructure. States partnered with AMTRAK can make passenger rail great again.
The pleasures, camaraderie, and history of Texas passenger rail - with a longing for something better. (And a cameo by SART's own Bruce Ashton.) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Where Train Dreams Meet Reality in Texas
Dallas and Houston are 250 miles apart. But if you want to take a train between them, prepare for a 23-hour odyssey that says a lot about where US passenger rail is heading.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The pleasures, camaraderie, and history of Texas passenger rail - with a longing for something better. (And a cameo by SART's own Bruce Ashton.) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
LAST DAY to comment on the Texas Statewide Multimodal Transit Plan! This is an exciting development in passenger rail in Texas. Make your voice heard. A link to an overview of the project is in the next post. Comment form here: ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/ge...
ftp.txdot.gov
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
LAST DAY to comment on the Texas Statewide Multimodal Transit Plan! This is an exciting development in passenger rail in Texas. Make your voice heard. A link to an overview of the project is in the next post. Comment form here: ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/ge...
Thanks to Jarrett for introducing us to Transitopia, a podcast on topics we hold dear.
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thanks to Jarrett for introducing us to Transitopia, a podcast on topics we hold dear.
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The suburban transit agencies trying to secede from Dallas's DART are basing their plans on unrealistic visions of "microtransit." Nearby Arlington, Texas already shows the limits of that. Good @dallasobserver.com piece. www.dallasobserver.com/news/dart-co...
What Will Replace DART if Cities End Their Contracts?
Two cities allowing voters to elect to leave DART in May have offered microtransit systems as an alternative. They're flawed.
www.dallasobserver.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The suburban transit agencies trying to secede from Dallas's DART are basing their plans on unrealistic visions of "microtransit." Nearby Arlington, Texas already shows the limits of that. Good @dallasobserver.com piece. www.dallasobserver.com/news/dart-co...
This is a great outline of the transit picture in the US.
Here's a new 25-min interview of me on the @transportopia.bsky.social podcast. We talked about the new edition of my book Human Transit, as well as transit politics, rural transit, and driverless public transit. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Transportopia Episode 10 Reimagining Public Transit: Insights from Jarrett Walker
Podcast Episode · Transportopia: Public Transport Stories & Ideas · 11/18/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is a great outline of the transit picture in the US.
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Breaking: Trump Admin Seeks To Decimate Federal Transit Funding - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/18/b... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @keawilson.bsky.social
Breaking: Trump Admin Seeks To Decimate Federal Transit Funding — Streetsblog USA
"When you're talking about taking away money from transit, your proposal is flawed from the get-go," said one expert.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Breaking: Trump Admin Seeks To Decimate Federal Transit Funding - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/18/b... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @keawilson.bsky.social
It's not just a way to get around.
The Bay Area has some hardcore public transit fans - and the love is mutual. Former RailNation speaker Alfred Twu is featured in this piece on the "quirky" side of fandom.
BART and Muni stans share their stories
Through merch, meetups, and Muni races, fanatics show their love for riding the rails.
sfstandard.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's not just a way to get around.
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TxDOT could be making historic steps toward statewide mass transit. 🚍 🚊
But TxDOT's new transit plan needs YOUR support. Take TxDOT's survey by the end of 11/20 and speak up for mass transit in Texas!
Info (survey is top right): www.txdot.gov/projects/pro...
But TxDOT's new transit plan needs YOUR support. Take TxDOT's survey by the end of 11/20 and speak up for mass transit in Texas!
Info (survey is top right): www.txdot.gov/projects/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
TxDOT could be making historic steps toward statewide mass transit. 🚍 🚊
But TxDOT's new transit plan needs YOUR support. Take TxDOT's survey by the end of 11/20 and speak up for mass transit in Texas!
Info (survey is top right): www.txdot.gov/projects/pro...
But TxDOT's new transit plan needs YOUR support. Take TxDOT's survey by the end of 11/20 and speak up for mass transit in Texas!
Info (survey is top right): www.txdot.gov/projects/pro...
At a time support for transit is growing across the country, the administration wants to stifle it.
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
At a time support for transit is growing across the country, the administration wants to stifle it.
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With $425M in funding secured, part of Illinois' transformative Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, community leaders in the Quad Cities continue to push for support of a Chicago to Moline train that has been years in the making.
quadcitiesbusiness.c...
quadcitiesbusiness.c...
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
With $425M in funding secured, part of Illinois' transformative Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, community leaders in the Quad Cities continue to push for support of a Chicago to Moline train that has been years in the making.
quadcitiesbusiness.c...
quadcitiesbusiness.c...
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I am an airplane person who thinks that nearly all commuter flight routes should be replaced with high-speed trains
October 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I am an airplane person who thinks that nearly all commuter flight routes should be replaced with high-speed trains
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Rep. Larsen, the ranking Dem member of the House transport committee, said: “Where do these harebrained ideas come from? Millions of people travel everyday using transit… Transit investments create and support jobs. Need I go on? These heavy-handed, top-down, egghead think tank ideas need to die.”
Trump admin Is attempting to massive cut federal transit funds, seeking to:
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
POLITICO Pro: Trump administration proposals seek to eliminate transit funding
DOT recently sent two proposals to the White House budget office seeking to pare back transit money.
subscriber.politicopro.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Rep. Larsen, the ranking Dem member of the House transport committee, said: “Where do these harebrained ideas come from? Millions of people travel everyday using transit… Transit investments create and support jobs. Need I go on? These heavy-handed, top-down, egghead think tank ideas need to die.”
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imagine how much better our city would be if more mayors and councilmembers and department heads actually rode transit and bikes.
New Post: Katie Wilson is Seattle’s Next Mayor seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/13/k...
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
imagine how much better our city would be if more mayors and councilmembers and department heads actually rode transit and bikes.
With $425M in funding secured, part of Illinois' transformative Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, community leaders in the Quad Cities continue to push for support of a Chicago to Moline train that has been years in the making.
quadcitiesbusiness.c...
quadcitiesbusiness.c...
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A thoughtful and clear-eyed piece about TxDOT's Statewide Multi-modal Transit Plan: www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...
TxDOT plan for statewide transit network is an admirable long shot
Among the remarkable aspects of the statewide transit plan draft is that it’s from TxDOT.
www.expressnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A thoughtful and clear-eyed piece about TxDOT's Statewide Multi-modal Transit Plan: www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...
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The full Mobile - Texarkana corridor is possible with 4 trainsets operating daily, plus appropriate number of spare ratio for preventative maintenance.
This route would offer 5 different transfer opportunities to other Amtrak routes at New Orleans, Shreveport & Texarkana.
This route would offer 5 different transfer opportunities to other Amtrak routes at New Orleans, Shreveport & Texarkana.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The full Mobile - Texarkana corridor is possible with 4 trainsets operating daily, plus appropriate number of spare ratio for preventative maintenance.
This route would offer 5 different transfer opportunities to other Amtrak routes at New Orleans, Shreveport & Texarkana.
This route would offer 5 different transfer opportunities to other Amtrak routes at New Orleans, Shreveport & Texarkana.
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After this expedition, I worked on an expanded schedule crayon from my Mardi Gras expansion to Baton Rouge projection, continuing up to Shreveport and Texarkana using the current Mardi Gras schedule. Blue column highlight = overnight train. Times modified from 1941 KCS Southern Belle timetable
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
After this expedition, I worked on an expanded schedule crayon from my Mardi Gras expansion to Baton Rouge projection, continuing up to Shreveport and Texarkana using the current Mardi Gras schedule. Blue column highlight = overnight train. Times modified from 1941 KCS Southern Belle timetable
Disappointing news for rail transportation.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects.
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
Federal Infrastructure Spending on Transportation, Four Years after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is up for reauthorization in 2026. New analysis shows that the act increased spending on transportation infrastructure, but…
www.urban.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Disappointing news for rail transportation.
"[P]assenger rail infrastructure should be treated like highways and airports, whereby it is considered a public good...."
A bold and broad-reaching plan of action.
A bold and broad-reaching plan of action.
Read our white paper "Creating a Robust American Passenger Rail System". Federal policy toward passenger rail needs an overhaul. Let's get a national conversation started:
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www.allaboarderie.net/_files/ugd/b...
www.allaboarderie.net
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"[P]assenger rail infrastructure should be treated like highways and airports, whereby it is considered a public good...."
A bold and broad-reaching plan of action.
A bold and broad-reaching plan of action.