May 6, 2020 | COMMUTER RAIL, UPDATES
by Dick Lemieux In his April 22 column “As governor, I’ll fight for bold climate action,” Andru Volinsky says he would “make New Hampshire net carbon-neutral [by] building commuter rail lines to Boston.” The rail plan Volinsky has long promoted calls for running 34...
Feb 26, 2020 | COMMUTER RAIL, UPDATES
Is Annie Kuster trying to bankrupt New Hampshire? On February 24, she posted this comment on FaceBook: “Today at the Nashua Regional Planning Commission I was excited to announce the introduction of the Invest in American Railroads Act. This legislation will...
Jan 14, 2020 | COMMUTER RAIL, LEGISLATION, UPDATES
We’re glad that the Union Leader included these FACTS at the end of their article describing how certain businessmen are gearing up to benefit from the taxpayers who will be on the hook for this massive boondoggle. “A key question is whether the state...
Nov 25, 2019 | COMMUTER RAIL, UPDATES
by Dick Lemieux In a sleight of hand that would make Amtrak proud, letter writer Jennifer Smith estimates the Downeaster carries 150 passengers per train then asserts that “many would prefer to commute . . . on a train.” If only! In truth, practically nobody prefers...
Oct 27, 2019 | COMMUTER RAIL, UPDATES
An October 16 Concord Monitor op-ed by Jayme H. Simoes called into question a well thought out October 7 analysis of commuter rail’s impacts on air quality by Dick Lemieux. Lemieux is a retired engineer who has published numerous articles pointing out the folly of...
Oct 8, 2019 | COMMUTER RAIL, UPDATES
Does the bulk of the NH population really want to spend billions for a system that would only serve 1/10th of 1% of the population? There exists a FaceBook page called “Passenger Rail for Concord and New Hampshire” dedicated to promoting commuter rail from...
