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Train Time

Karen Christensen, Matthew Silber
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Train Time focuses on rail as a sustainable way to get around - locally, nationally, and internationally - and as a system that is good for people, communities, economies, and the natural world.

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Latest Issues

Trains make us healthier & other good news

The exuberance of the crowd waiting for the first early early morning train in Sydney caught my eye. In Europe they have train pajama parties, and in Australia they’re jamming the train at 4am and celebrating. We really need to up our game...

8 days ago
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Train tidbits

I’ve been accused of romantizing train service in other countries and being too hard on Amtrak. I lived in England and still go there fairly often, and I’m well aware that the British complain all the time about the trains (and the post, an...

22 days ago

CT-01 Luke Bronin talks about the rail ahead

Luke Bronin is the 2026 Democratic Party candidate for Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District, having secured the party’s endorsement over 14-term incumbent Rep. John Larson in a historic upset. He was mayor of Hartford and co-chair of th...

a month ago
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The rail (& buses) we need now

I spotted this article on LinkedIn, by a fellow named Russell King at the Policy Reform Toolkit in Australia. He’s given me permission to share it with you. His point could hardly be more relevant to what we’re seeing right here in Berkshir...

a month ago
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How about a pajama party for Train Time?

Get this: “On Sunday 13 September 2026, people across Europe put on their pyjamas and meet on their station platforms — to celebrate the trains that let us sleep, and to demand an end to the flights that don’t.”

Admittedly, we have a few o...

2 months ago
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  • Karen Christensen

    Coauthor of The Great Good Place II, expert on third places and green urbanism, CEO of #BerkshirePubGroup, research associate at Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and editor of the Encyclopedia of Community. Nuts about passenger rail.

  • Matthew Silber

    Educator. Historian. Public transportation advocate and enthusiast. Views expressed are mine alone.

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