Rudeness isn't contagious -- but we all may be carrying the virus. Has rudeness become a chronic condition?
Amtrak would lose its federal subsidies if it doesn't put a system in place by early next year to check and track firearms so that passengers can legally put the weapons in their checked baggage, the Senate voted Wednesday.
President Obama is pouring $13 billion into an ambitious high-speed rail project. Some say it will never make money. Some say it will. And still others say profit is not even the point.
Diane Stephany loses her Amtrak tickets. But instead of replacing them, the company wants to charge her for new ones. Can it do that? And what are her options for a refund?
More Americans are expected to travel by car this holiday season - an estimated 2.5% more than last year or 27 million people. And, even though gas has jumped by 30 cents a gallon over the past month, it's still far below last summer's $4 a gallon price levels.
Rain or shine, 80-year-old Cookie Williams plops himself on the wooden viewing platform perched over double train tracks.
NYPD officers on counter-terrorism patrol helped deliver a baby during morning rush hour in the middle of New York's bustling Penn Station Wednesday.
Vice President Joe Biden continued the administration's rollout of the recently passed economic stimulus package Friday, highlighting $1.3 billion in federal funding for Amtrak.
President-elect Barack Obama's January 17 train trip from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Washington is intended to make the inauguration the most open and accessible in history.
Planning to attend the presidential inauguration this month in Washington? Expect a fortress-like city bursting at the seams.
Rudeness isn't contagious -- but we all may be carrying the virus. Has rudeness become a chronic condition?
Amtrak would lose its federal subsidies if it doesn't put a system in place by early next year to check and track firearms so that passengers can legally put the weapons in their checked baggage, the Senate voted Wednesday.
President Obama is pouring $13 billion into an ambitious high-speed rail project. Some say it will never make money. Some say it will. And still others say profit is not even the point.
Diane Stephany loses her Amtrak tickets. But instead of replacing them, the company wants to charge her for new ones. Can it do that? And what are her options for a refund?
More Americans are expected to travel by car this holiday season - an estimated 2.5% more than last year or 27 million people. And, even though gas has jumped by 30 cents a gallon over the past month, it's still far below last summer's $4 a gallon price levels.
Rain or shine, 80-year-old Cookie Williams plops himself on the wooden viewing platform perched over double train tracks.
NYPD officers on counter-terrorism patrol helped deliver a baby during morning rush hour in the middle of New York's bustling Penn Station Wednesday.
Vice President Joe Biden continued the administration's rollout of the recently passed economic stimulus package Friday, highlighting $1.3 billion in federal funding for Amtrak.
President-elect Barack Obama's January 17 train trip from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Washington is intended to make the inauguration the most open and accessible in history.
Planning to attend the presidential inauguration this month in Washington? Expect a fortress-like city bursting at the seams.
The governors of Massachusetts and New Hampshire declared states of emergency Friday after high winds, rain and snow swept through the Northeast, leaving at least a million homes and businesses without power.
Americans drove 3.6 percent less in July 2008 than they did during July 2007, Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters said Tuesday.
Emergency crews found more victims early Saturday, boosting the death toll to 18, as they delicately picked apart the mangled wreckage of a commuter train that collided head-on with a freight train on the same track
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city beginning 8 a.m. Sunday but urged residents to consider escaping "the mother of all storms" before then.
For many years, I looked forward to riding the Indian Pacific across the length of southern Australia, from Sydney to Perth. At 2,700 miles, it's one of the world's longest train trips. But when I searched for concrete information on what to expect, I found it hard to locate. Now that I've made the journey, here's the information I wish I'd had.
The first ever U.S. National Train Day on May 10 was a celebration that may have passed many Americans by. But why create a day to celebrate trains?
Amtrak on Tuesday announced a new security initiative that includes random screening of passengers' carry-on bags.
Amtrak passengers will be subjected to random screening of their carry-on bags as part of a new security initiative that will include armed officers and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains, an Amtrak spokeswoman said Monday.
At least five Amtrak crew members were critically or seriously injured Friday when their train collided with a freight train traveling on the same track, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.
An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train Friday on the south side of Chicago
If you think being a secret agent is all just one giant adrenaline rush, think again.
You've spent years pinching pennies to pay for Junior's college tuition. But now that he's heading off to campus, you're about to be hit with some other bills. You may expect to pay for textbooks, but watch out for the pizza bill and bar tab. Here's what you can do to cut these college costs.
OK, the most pressing question in the world, besides what happened to Anna Nicole's son, is whether this little turnabout we're seeing in commodity prices is the bottom of this precipitous decline, as Howard Cosell would say.
Either the markets aren't used to Ben Bernanke or Ben Bernanke isn't used to the markets. Now you know why Greenspan was called "Maestro." Ben's comments on inflation rattled markets yesterday. Reminds me of Colin Powell's "Pottery Barn" theory about Iraq: " You break it, you own it." Problem is, dishes are still being broken.
Power has been restored to all Northeast Corridor Amtrak lines, an Amtrak spokesman said.
The security line feels like a maze, the legroom in coach reminds you of the time your son talked you into climbing into his crib, and it looks as if you'll have to circle over O'Hare a few more ti...
New Orleans' plan to evacuate its residents in the event of a major hurricane strike this summer may not be as complete as city officials made it sound last week when they unveiled the plan, according to a CNN review.
Offering swift and comfortable rides straight into the heart of major cities, it's little wonder trains have been luring business travelers away from short-haul airlines, but can this renaissance in railways stay on track?
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, the first day of confirmation hearings.
A commuter train en route to the nation's capital derailed during the early Thursday rush hour, police and rail officials said.
About 800 Amtrak passengers were stuck on three northbound trains that didn't move for about 29 hours after a freight train derailed in Georgia.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday stood by his decision to increase security after information from the FBI revealed a "specific threat" against the city's subway system, despite intelligence officials saying the information was not credible.
Two of the dates mentioned in intelligence about possible subway attacks in New York were Friday and Sunday, an official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.
An Amtrak train hit a dump truck Tuesday in Raleigh, North Carolina, killing both of the truck's occupants and slightly injuring five people aboard the train, an Amtrak official said.
Authorities in major U.S. cities are increasing security, specifically around subway systems, after the deadly attack on London's transit system. The following are steps taken by officials around the country on Thursday.
While other commuters looked out at the clear waterways running parallel to Route 95 as a diversion from the clotted traffic running between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., John Anderson looked ...
The Bush administration plans to introduce legislation to restructure the nation's passenger rail system, while Amtrak supporters in Congress fight to maintain funding in next fiscal year's budget.
U.S. highways, airports and train stations will be jammed with the largest number of travelers in five years during the Thanksgiving holiday, according to projections for the busiest travel period of the year.
The U.S. has spent tens of billions over the past three years to bolster domestic security. But in critical areas, the homeland remains at risk
Police stopped Amtrak train 170 Thursday in Newark, New Jersey, for what Amtrak called "police activity" after a note was found in a bathroom, an Amtrak official said.
Bags checked by long-distance Amtrak travelers leaving from Washington's Union Station are now being screened for explosives before departing, the Department of Homeland Security announced.
A new FBI warning for people to watch out for suicide bombers has the public hearing a lot of scary talk.
A test program to screen rail passengers for explosives got under way outside Washington D.C. Tuesday and federal officials have recently begun requiring more stringent security measures for "flights of interest," but neither is a result of new terror threat information.
An Amtrak train slammed into a Long Island Rail Road commuter train parked at New York's Penn Station during Monday rush hour, causing minor injuries to 130 people, the New York Fire Department said.
An Amtrak passenger train derailed Tuesday night in a Mississippi swamp, leaving one person dead and 35 hurt -- at least three critically, authorities said.
Anyone who has boarded an Amtrak train since Sept. 11, 2001, must wonder how long the delusion can last.
I'm beginning to envy rock stars a little less," announces Bill Shea. He's sitting--bouncing, actually--inside a conference room that's now rolling across Connecticut. The 55-year-old has his cellp...
Record numbers of Americans are expected to hit the road this summer for family vacations. Before you join the masses en route to the Grand Canyon or Disney World, consider making the journey the f...
New York City's Inn at Irving Place may perfectly embody the notion of an intimate urban oasis. Its location in the historic Gramercy Park area, inconspicuously wedged between the commercial intensity of midtown Manhattan and the gritty and hip neighborhoods farther downtown, makes it a sort of enclave within an enclave.
American Airlines sure picked a strange time to start flying shuttles. In late September the company launched ten daily shuttle flights between Boston's Logan and New York City's LaGuardia airports...
Now that the NBA finals, NHL playoffs, and World Cup have ended, it's time for the "Played Out" edition of the Hype Index. Below, some phenomena that have overstayed their welcome. Let's hope they ...
Let's start with a confession: I don't like to fly. And it's not just because the last airline ticket I purchased was dated Sept. 11. I don't like the pricey airport taxis, lines, delays or cancell...
Nov. 21 to Dec. 30: Wonderland of Lights Who's afraid of an energy crisis? Not the citizens of Marshall, Texas, who decorate their town with about 900 miles of Christmas lights each year, seven mil...
CHARITY BREAK Before your kid books a trip to Daytona or Cancun, suggest a volunteer vacation. Projects range from building schools to planting trees, and last anywhere from one week to four. Counc...
In an effort to de-stress travelers, Bombay Sapphire is moving two large aquariums full of tropical fish from airport to airport (one just left J.F.K. for Miami; another is on its way to Madrid fro...
The bustling construction activity in the photo at right shows just a portion of what Bostonians, with a mixture of pride and annoyance at all the detours, call the Big Dig. Known properly as the C...
Acela is here! Well, the promotional campaign for Amtrak's much vaunted bullet train is here, anyway. The actual trains, which were supposed to be barreling up and down the Northeast corridor by la...
Sweat is trickling down Paul McMann's cheeks, beading on his chin, dripping on his shirt. Tracy Robinson's office is air-conditioned. But oh, man, today is one of those nasty midsummer days in Chic...
Having trouble saving for your retirement? Try this simple solution: Borrow some money at 7%, buy stocks that return 10%, and pocket the 3% difference. Still running short? Don't worry--just do it ...
If the Northwest Airlines strike had you worried about losing miles on the airline's WorldPerks program that were due to expire at the end of the year, don't sweat it: Northwest has extended the pr...
It's mobile, all right; and it's a home. But after that, any similarity between a private railroad car and even the most sumptuous Winnebago ends. This I discovered when, toward sunset on an autumn...
Why does Amtrak still exist? Despite minuscule ridership and conclusive evidence that intercity train travel--except in a few specific markets--is dead in the U.S.A., the government-owned passenger...
ALL 12 INVESTMENTS--SIX STOCKS, THREE CLOSED-END FUNDS, two bonds and one mutual fund--that our May 1995 cover story tagged as likely to double your money in five years are well along to reaching t...
When it comes to poor Amtrak, you can fairly well assume that the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train. The next scheduled crisis, which involves major freight railroads including Co...
Travel agents vowed to pull the wings off Delta Air Lines and its CEO, Ron Allen, after the airline put a $50 cap on commissions for domestic flights.
Sleek, lightning-quick bullet trains are a common sight in Japan and Europe, so why aren't there any in the U.S.? The short answer is that most American < railroad track wasn't built for ultra-high...
The perception that consumers could buck up the economy if only they weren't so gloomy doesn't fit the facts. What the polls tell us about consumer angst seems true enough. People are worried about...
Says Michael Walsh, CEO of Union Pacific, about April's 19-hour rail strike: ''For one brief moment the nation finally riveted on how important the industry really is.'' But plenty of troublesome i...
For all the talk at many corporations about the need for employees to travel less to help cut expenses, executives are taking more trips than they did last year (see chart). The 46.5% rise in the p...
At 70, while other men his age were trying to dodge the express train to Eternity, W. Graham Claytor Jr. became chairman of Amtrak. Now, seven years later, both he and the federally subsidized pass...
Sleek and sophisticated, the 186-mile-per-hour Train a Grande Vitesse opened its newest route from Paris to Le Mans in September. Can Texas or Florida be far behind? Morrison Knudsen, the Boise, Id...
Old salts don't die, they just end up making things shipshape somewhere else. Consider Bill Norman, 50, executive vice president and second-in-command at Amtrak. As a career officer in the Navy -- ...
''I'M UP TO my elbows in alligators,'' says James C. Miller III, after two months as director of the Office of Management and Budget. He also has other fauna to contend with as he tries to trim som...
After a week of furrowed brows, leaks to the press, and symbolic gestures to major-domos of Congress, President Reagan unveiled a list of $42 billion in budget cuts that were pretty much what Budge...
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