Biography

I grew up in Pine Ridge, about one mile from the Fairfax Hospital, in Fairfax County, Virginia. In about 1952, I remember traveling on the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Railroad (the "Virginia Creeper") from Falls Church to Roslyn. This train ran from Bluemont to Roslyn and Alexandria, VA, with a branch to Great Falls, which ceased operations earlier. I graduated from Fairfax High School (1963), the College of William and Mary, BS, Biology (1968) and the University of Connecticut, MS, Zoology (1974).
I spent a year (1966-1967) working for the Smithsonian Institution in Venezuela collecting mammals and parasites. I was in the US Army (1969-1971) and spent a year in Japan, outside Toyko. That was first experience with a well run train system and with a ride on their Bullet Train, which traveled at 130 mph at the time. I have worked for the Office of Pesticide Programs at the Environmental Protection Agency for 36 years (1973 to 2009). During that period, I have ridden the Virginia Railway Express (VRE), a Washington/Virginia commuter rail system since its beginning in 1992. Now I am paying more interest in Amtrak and want to stimulate ridership and new service, especially in Virginia. I am a member of the Virginia Association of Railway Patrons (VARP), www.varprail.org, which has been promoting passenger rail in the state for 30 years and a member of Cvillerail, www.Cvillerail.org, which was major reason for the establishment of the new Amtrak Train to Lynchburg, the subject of this blog.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Connecting Amtrak’s Lynchburg Train to Other Cities Via Bus and Van




I am developing a document that explores connecting the Lynchburg Train to other cities via bus and vanpool to increase ridership and reduce subsidies to the point of self-sufficiency by:

  1. providing more persons with cheaper access to the train
  2. providing opportunities for bus companies to expand their routes
  3. providing individuals the option of starting a part time van business
  4. allowing persons to sell one of their cars because of bus/van option
This list includes some suggested potential stations and cities that buses and vans might connect through specific transient corridors:

Station

Cities

Routes

Burke Centre

Herndon

Fairfax Pkwy

Lower Fairfax Co

Fairfax Pkwy

Manassas

Warrenton

Woodbridge

Loudoun Co/Dulles

Rt 29

Pr Wil Pkwy

Rt 28,Rt 7

Front Royal, Haymarket, Gainesville

I-66

Culpeper

Gordonsville, Orange

Ruckersville, Madison

Rt 15

Rt 29

Charlottesville

Staunton, Waynesboro

Lovingston

I-64

Rt 29

Lynchburg

VT, Christiansburg, Roanoke, Bedford

Rt 460,I-81

Amherst

Rt 29

Rocky Mount

Rt 220
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