Amtrak

“RING!” “RING!” “RING!” I reach over and slap the snooze on the alarm clock set to 4 a.m that morning. Although, instead of normally falling back to sleep, I roll over and plummet down onto the floor as a way from tempting myself to stay wrapped in my cozy sheets. It was a hot summer morning in Dodge City Kansas, my hometown. The day my Aunt Marie, my sister Marlene, and I, go on a late, spontaneous summer vacation trip to California. The sweltering season was eventually coming to an end…

be challenging for public transit users. Transit consolidation enables cost-effective mobility enhancements and access for individuals who cannot drive or choose not to drive. RTD routes serve intermodal stations at the Altamont Commuter Express, Amtrak, Bay Area Rapid Transit, and the San Francisco Airport. With a strong system integrated countywide, county residents will have improved access to these connections that can allow for convenient trips to the bay area on the ACE and…

without the burden of traffic. With the soon to be M-1 Rail that will stop not only near one of the Detroit People mover’s stations but also at the existing Amtrak Stations, the connectivity between downtown Detroit and midtown Detroit will be greatly improved, and the tourism opportunities expand when considering the connection with the Amtrak train station. With The Detroit People Mover becoming more about tourism instead of transportation, I believe that the People Mover can also raise the…

being, we need the responsible party and emergency crews to step up and facilitate the disaster quickly and efficiently. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation of the Amtrak train accident that occurred on the Big Bayou Canot Bridge had several key stakeholders such as The CSX Railroad, Amtrak, the pilot of the Mauvilla and Warrior and Gulf Navigation Co having a direct affect to the accidents loss of life. The cause of the accident stemmed from a predawn fog and…

By eliminating federal subsidies from AMTRAK and other intercity railways, the U.S. could cut $14 million from their budget. The reasoning behind this includes that federal subsidies tend to go to costly, unnecessary services of train transportation including sleeper class services and many…

With the invention of the locomotive in 1808, railways were changed greatly. The locomotive allowed for a quicker way for transportation as well as setting the bar for the different means of transportation to keep up with. Over time, changes to the locomotive allowed for a new and improved locomotive. Traveling on the railroads was as fast as any other means of transportation. Although there are small technical errors like scheduling, the locomotive changed the train industry like no other tool…

officials. They are treated badly because they cannot take care of themselves and others see homeless people as lazy and a pity case. At Penn Station, homeless women are denied use of the bathroom. In June of 1985, Amtrak officials issued this directive to police: “It is the policy of Amtrak to not allow the homeless and undesirables to remain … Officers are encouraged to eject all undesirables” (Kozol277). Women are denied their most basic right because they are homeless. This is cruel in many…

poems, Sherman Alexie discusses the topics of transgressing boundaries and finding redemption. However, not all of his poems discuss the topics the same way. In the poems "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel," "Crow Testament," and "On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City," redemption may be difficult, but it is possible. In the poem "Evolution" redemption is not possible because of the way white people have treated Indians throughout the years. The poem "How to Write the…

In the video “Obama On Slavery - Full Speech at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting,” President Obama explains the series of steps the U.S. plans to take in order to abolish modern slavery. He explains that the U.S. has established annual trafficking reports, giving countries motivation to meet their responsibilities by using the report as a shaming method if they do not meet the requirements to end human trafficking (Obama 7:22). He states that the U.S. will be listed in the…

As I struggle to sit comfortably in my hard-as-a-rock seat on my thirteen-hour Amtrak ride, I watch the skyscrapers in New York fade into worndown factories in Philadelphia, which turn into monstrous monuments in Washington, D.C. I drift in and out of sleep to the sound of Khalid's soothing voice as I make my way to my family's new home. My life changed drastically during the Summer of 2017. I graduated from high school. I moved from a quaint suburb in Connecticut to Charlotte, North Carolina,…