According to the TSA, we're all terrorists until we can prove we're not. Now, the TSA is no longer limited to patrolling the airports, they're on our roads and riding the rails. Be prepared to be on your best behavior when ever you leave the house.
An Amtrak train traveling west from Chicago with a final destination in San Francisco was struck by a semi tractor trailer on Friday morning. Other truck drivers, who following in a truck convoy, could only watch in shock as the semi struck the train car and burst into flames. The intersection was clearly marked,...
When you fly, you expect the hassle of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and it’s airport arm, TSA. Sure, metal detect me, feel me up, bomb scan my bag. But you’re not gonna back-scatter x-ray me because at least I can still make that decision. But what about when you’re walking through a...
The dream of having a high speed rail service in Florida between Tampa and Orlando could be back on track. The Tampa to Orlando rail line was the first in a proposed Florida high speed rail service that would eventually run all the way south to Miami. The last time someone succeeded with this...
No one seems to think this is a big deal: But a recent train trip to Savannah led to everyone getting searched by TSA agents AFTER they arrived. In most security situations, it is better to search people before they board something — thus preventing a terrorist attack while on the transportation. The only...
Hipster Travel Guide may have driven to Boston last week — but once we got to Bean Town, we parked the car. Driving from tourist spot to bar to tourist spot would have been a bigger pain than it was worth. Parking in Boston is difficult enough if you can find it and then...
The current strike in France will certainly slow your travels in the land of cheese and wine. French transportation workers are protesting the government’s move to push the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 62, so there’s little sympathy felt from the USA. For most long haul travelers — such as people flying in...
All aboard, eh? Canada is slashing its prices on city to city trips by as much as 75 percent.
Florida is more than make believe. Take a step back in time and get riding on the rails.
Only America would create a Train Day, everyone else just has trains. While we first thought this was a gathering of model train experts and pedophiles, we’ve since learned that it is a fake holiday designed to create awareness that there are trains in America — terribly slow and inefficient trains on the East...
