Tag: Amtrak

• Is driving or the train less expensive?

  In today’s SacBee article by Tony Bizjak, California just got 125-mph trains. Here’s why they still can’t outrace your car, it is claimed that driving is less expensive than the train. The example given is Sacramento (SAC) to Oakland Jack London (OKJ) round trip. The article says “A price check by The Bee last week…

  Dan Allison

  2017/10/29

  train

  Amtrak, Capitol Corridor, cost, driving, train

• summer in the mountains

  I spend much of my summer in the mountains, backpacking, so this blog will be pretty inactive until August. I may have a chance to catch up on some topics, but may not. One of the interesting effects I notice going back and forth between backpacking and hiking in the mountains, and bicycling in town,…

  Dan Allison

  2013/07/08

  Uncategorized

  Amtrak, backpacking, Sunday Streets

• Arena thoughts

  The SacBee headlined Saturday, “Arena Deal Dead.” I never really cared that much about the idea of a new arena for the Kings. I’m not a big sports fan, and of all the sports, I think that professional basketball is the most boring of them all (not so for college ball). Whether the Kings play…

  Dan Allison

  2012/04/29

  transportation

  Amtrak, arena, Kings, Power Balance Pavilion, railyards, RT light rail