Pedestrian Observations breaks down why some trains go slow (unfortunately they haven’t broken down a recent 11.5 hour, 320 mile trip—an average of 29 mph—from Emeryville to Santa Barbara in California), but it does offer a 7-point guide to how to speed up East Coast corridor train trips.
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