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  • Don’t “Go Wide,” Go Long; Why Passenger Rail Is the Better Choice in the I-65 Corridor

    So if you’ve taken a trip on I-65 through Alabama recently, you’ve no doubt encountered billboards from the so-called “I-65 Coalition” urging motorists to “Go Wide!” and to support the “Ainsworth Plan” to add an extra lane to I-65 on its entire length in the state. The group, led by George Clark of industry lobby…

  • On I-65 Expansion – An Open Letter to Alabama Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth

    Dear Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth, On the 29th of June of this year, 2023, you tweeted the following: You’ve gone on record many times about the need for Alabama to widen this highway, even going so far as to recommend the leadership of our Department of Transportation should be replaced with people who favor such…

  • On East Palestine

    So by now, you have all probably heard about, and seen images of, the dramatic derailment of Norfolk Southern train 32N in the town of East Palestine, Ohio. On February 3rd, 2023, at about 8:54pm, NS train 32N-02 hit the ground. An axle bearing, on car 23 of 149, overheated and failed, causing 38 cars…