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Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 by Will Cox

Norway’s SlowTV film of the Bergen to Oslo railway is beautiful and deeply moving: nostalgic. Though I’ve never been to Norway, I’ve ridden tr...

economics/politics/rant/transportation

Dear Amtrak: Learn How to Price Your Service

Posted on Friday, May 6th, 2011 by Will Cox

Apparently you neglected to read my last letter, but with the fast approach of National Train Day and the increase in oil prices making your services slightly m...

economics/politics/rant/transportation

Dear Amtrak

Posted on Saturday, April 10th, 2010 by Will Cox

You disappoint me. You don’t understand pricing. Or perhaps you simply have no experience of buying things with your own money. In any case, what are you ...

economics/transportation

Competitive Pricing of Substitutes in Transportation

Posted on Monday, September 7th, 2009 by Will Cox

Nate Silver has an interesting, if partial, analysis of statistics comparing modes of transportation based on the National Household Travel Survey. He wonders w...

rant/transportation

The Impact of the Daylight Saving Time Change on Traffic Accidents

Posted on Friday, March 13th, 2009 by Will Cox

It seems to me that accidents would increase during the transitional period surrounding the switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time. And apparentl...

transportation

Public Works

Posted on Saturday, November 8th, 2008 by Will Cox

I was listening to old shows on my TiVo while I repainted the sun room. NOW reminded me that the amount of money that governments spend on mass transit pales in...

Place/transportation

Scooters

Posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 by Will Cox

This morning I heard a piece on the radio about scooter sales in New York City. One of the comments piqued my interest. [The owner of Vespa SoHo, Zachary] Schie...

Books/economics/transportation

Mice or Men?

Posted on Saturday, October 13th, 2007 by Will Cox

Randall O’Toole‘s latest book, The Best-Laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future argues that...

communication/economics/transportation

Telephony Substitutes for Transportation

Posted on Friday, August 10th, 2007 by Will Cox

One oddity of visiting my family in Virginia is that there’s little to no cellular phone coverage in Highland County. This is partially due to the landsca...

economics/transportation

Lesser of Two Evils

Posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2005 by Will Cox

We live about five miles, 11 minutes, by car from the Kindergarten, but the Big Sister rides the bus for 30 minutes or more. Last night residents in the Mahopac...

politics/transportation

Spare the Belt, and Spoil the Child

Posted on Thursday, June 23rd, 2005 by Will Cox

The Big Sister goes to kindergarten in the Fall. On Tuesday, I went to an orientation session about the school buses, where I learned an interesting thing. The ...

economics/politics/transportation

Amtrak Subsidies

Posted on Tuesday, February 8th, 2005 by Will Cox

Are Amtrak subsidies equivalent to the monies used to prevent the commercial airlines from going belly up after 9/11? If the government pays to maintain private...

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