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Arrival Time Awesome-ness!

I was waiting last night for my brother's Continental Flight #553 from Houston and knew it was late.  I went digging around on the Continental Site to figure out where their time tracking for arrivals is, and thought, I gotta do a quick collection Read More
posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 4:49 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Morally, Ethically, Devoid, Absurd, Government Induced Market of Fear!

Clear. flyclear.com has come into business working off of the faux security of the TSA, the artificially induced demand by an incompetent TSA, a falsely induced fear by the Government, and an inability for a Federal Regulation on airports, airlines, and Read More
posted Monday, March 10, 2008 6:08 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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New Jersey?

So it looks like I'll be heading to New Jersey for some consulting business.  Very interesting, haven't been there in ... well I don't know when the last time I was there.  It is probably somewhere to the tune of more than a decade since I've Read More
posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:43 PM by adron | 3 Comments
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Conditioning the Young Ones for Horrible Transportation Service

If you haven't seen it, go look.  Suitable for children 3 and older.  Make sure to read the comments below the item. I guess preparing kids for submission before the system and that warm feeling over REAL security is better than that "freedom" Read More
posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:58 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Car, Bus, Air, or Railroad Business Travel

I commonly wonder why people use certain modes of travel.  Is it the control, the fear factor, the time savings, or the monetary savings.  The later big is always the least involved choice really, which is deplorably sad.  But I'm going Read More
posted Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:15 PM by adron | 2 Comments
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Biting the Bullet of First Class on Alaska Airlines

This weekend I'm on my way to Orange County to hang out with a friend and get some crazy hard core coding done.  For my logistical arrangements, and since I actually didn't want to throw down a few days and wanted maximum coding time in the OC, I Read More
posted Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:42 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Amtrak Ridership Rocks!

One more entry before I'm off to a few books and bits for the night.  As reported recently in Railway Age, "Amtrak reports that its June ridership of 2.29 million was 5% over June last year and 2% over budget. Continued strong Acela Express demand Read More
posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:29 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Rail and Airline News That Matters

As reported, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway now owns a whopping 25% of BNSF.  Of course the article calls BNSF the wrong name, labeling them only Burlington Northern.  Going along with rail news CN is purchasing DM&E for 1.5 Billion Read More
posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 7:52 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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MARTA Profits Around the Corner? Maybe Transit does have Pricing Power Options?

Sometimes a system is in place that turns an operational profit based on "subsidized" pricing models.  For Tri-met there are bus lines that sometimes turn an operational profit, sometimes, during rush hour especially, the MAX turns an operational Read More
posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:11 AM by adron | 13 Comments
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Rails to Planes

I just stumbled upon the great viewpoint of the 7th floor parking garage at the Portland Airport.  Just jump on the MAX, swing out to the airport, head into the main building and out the parking garage exit.  There grab an elevator (or head Read More
posted Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:57 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Monday Meanderings

I rose this Monday morning in need of some real breakfast.  I didn't want some pasty pastry from a coffee shop and didn't want just coffee.  I wanted something with some sustenance.  To put it simply, I want some meat.  With that I Read More
posted Monday, November 27, 2006 12:51 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Kazakhstan of All Places!!!

So General Electric is going to supply 310 of the new cleaner freight diesels it is producing to Kazakhstan.  Again this is an interesting an awesome scenario where globalization is again starting to drastically assist the United States.  GE Read More
posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 10:47 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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Feasible Transit Options to Tacoma

134 Miles.  That is the distance between Portland, Oregon and Tacoma, Washington on Interstate 5.  Travel time:  3 hrs, 2 mins according to the legal speed limit.146 Miles.  That is the distance between Portland, Oregon and Tacoma, Read More
posted Monday, October 09, 2006 1:33 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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Transportation in America? Where are the honest choices?

The comparison of various forms of transportation really brings up some interesting points.  America has come from spacious train travel and horse and buggy to tight, congested, and almost personally denigrating airplane, bus, and automobile transportation.Auto Read More
posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:56 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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If you're ever curious... and wonder why I make off hand comments about subsidies...

Read my viewpoint and solution to the tax bleeding of the populace for an unbalanced transportation industry. Read More
posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:32 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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