I saw this discussion on Twitter, and it piqued my interest as someone who is big on the atmosphere of metros, but in honor of Halloween I’m curious to hear what the creepiest/most disturbing/most unsettling station on your local network is. The consensus for mine (SEPTA) seemed to be that it’s the expansive, overbuilt, liminal concourse of Walnut-Locust and/or the partially abandoned, neglected, and mostly deserted Broad-Ridge platform at Fairmount Station on the BSL.

There are multiple organizations which identify as being advocates for passenger rail in the United States on the national level. Three are listed here, and I would not be surprised if there are more.

Rail Passengers Association

High Speed Rail Alliance

U.S. High Speed Rail Association

Does anyone have experience with these organizations? Do we know which are the most effective in advocacy and lobbying?

Does anyone have ideas on why there are multiple national advocacy organizations? It seems odd to have two groups advocating for high speed rail (HSR). Additionally, one would think a group advocating for national rail as a whole (the RPA) could devote some energy to HSR, rather than having a separate organization dedicated to the latter. Transit advocacy is hard - why are we making it harder by splitting the resources and voices of advocates?

Hi everyone, I need to see the gtfs data on a map. I need to see the itineraries of the trips on a map.

I've seen some tools on GitHub but couldn't install it.

Is there any video guide that shows how to visualize a gtfs in easy way using free software?