In small towns across America, kids are crawling under parked train cars to get to school on time.
Trains are blocking roads to schools for hours or even days at a time.
And they could start moving at any moment.
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Richmond, Va.Joined January 2011
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Congratulations to new mama Blueberry 🥲
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Bright and early on this #EarthDay @Blueberry_VA brought twin girls Earthside.
So far, everyone is doing well. A total of 5 baby lambs were born here this morning.
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Naganyan, a cat with a streetcar head, is the mascot for the Nagasaki Electric Tramway.
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The Railway Mail Service had a high accident rate as trains went faster and wooden mail cars were located behind the engine. Between 1890-1905, more than 141 RMS clerks lost their lives.
Here's a wreck in Danville, Virginia, from Sept. 27, 1903.
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I had never been to the National Postal Museum in D.C. before until this week. My favorite exhibit—of course—was about the sorting of mail on moving trains, an innovation that began after the Civil War and lasted through 1977 after decades of declining railroad traffic.
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Just cannot beat a five-minute walk from home to the train station, so you can roll out of bed 30 minutes before the train is departing
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While the General Assembly spends all day on the floor passing bills before crossover, legislators’ staff are decking out the Pocahontas Building for Valentine’s Day
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Over the next five years, U.S. states will receive $350 billion for highways. States have a chance to try new strategies for addressing congestion, but some are still choosing to widen freeways — an approach many transportation experts say does not work.
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Drove three hours to take in the wonderful healing waters at the warm springs in Bath County.
The oldest spa structure in the country, the bath houses closed in 2017 for rehabilitation. It was worth the wait for them to reopen.
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In and out in 15 minutes! 🗳️
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I’ll get there early to beat people getting off work at 5, I told myself as I walked to the end of the long — but fast-moving line — line to vote.
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I’ll get there early to beat people getting off work at 5, I told myself as I walked to the end of the long — but fast-moving line — line to vote.
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Why do rail barons hate paid leave so much? Why would a company have no problem handing out 24% raises and caps on health-care premiums but draw the line on providing a benefit as standard and ubiquitous throughout modern industry as paid sick days?
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Blueberry is a woman goat now!
Hard to see them grow up so fast. She was so little in 2021. 🥲
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Blueberry’s 1st date! 
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A derelict rail line is being reimagined as a linear park, like Manhattan’s High Line. But in a borough that lacks both green space and transportation, locals wonder whether its best use would be the original one.
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Roanoke’s next city council won’t have a single straight white man on it
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My polling location over the years has been schools and a firehouse. My favorite is my newest in Richmond: Main Street Station.
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Just a transit government worker and transit reporter enjoying a lovely Sunday ride to check out the Potomac Yard Station construction in Alexandria 🤓
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Now that Blue Line is back, riders can get a sneak peak at the new Potomac Yard station in Alexandria. The track is tied in, but still looks like it has a lot of interior work to go.
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🚨The long wait is over🚨 After the most stressful few years of my life, the magically calming Jefferson Pools are finally reopening after being closed in 2017 for repairs.
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In Hot Springs for a business meeting. So impressed with the changes in facilities, and attitudes. The Warm Springs Pools will reopen in December. Minimum wage for non tipped employees at the Homestead is $15/hr. That is progress!
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On vacation No. 3 this month, and I’ve now hit the trifecta for domestic modes of travel — air, road, and rail. And has been the favorite.
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The fall season is approaching, and Tyler Childers has a new album coming out. Hallelujah, indeed.
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The new album, 'Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?' is out 9.30. Pre-save/Pre-order here: tchilders.lnk.to/CanITakeMyHoun "
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This small government investment in transit will significantly improve public access to one of the most beautiful natural resources in Virginia.
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DRPT joined partners today to celebrate the launch of a new shuttle service in the Roanoke Valley that will help improve public access to McAfee Knob, one of the most iconic and most-visited spots along the Appalachian Trail. DRPT supported this project with a grant.
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“I’m pissed off. I’m sad. But I’m also hopeful too.”
— , at a packed Library of Virginia to speak about her new book, Raising Lazarus, about the everyday people fighting on the front lines of the overdose crisis with not nearly enough resources.
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kittens + transit 😻
Sometimes, I text friends a hilarious tweet and say, “I stay on this godforsaken platform for this content.” Some days, Twitter’s algorithm forces incredibly stupid content like this (that he’s digging in his heels to defend) into my feed that pushes me to the edge of leaving.
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All aboard! The second train connecting Roanoke and Washington, D.C., launched today.
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There I was enjoying the lovely clouds and then an train passed through to my even greater delight 😍
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Today is the big three-oh for the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation.
Celebrating with a brand new website: drpt.virginia.gov 🥳
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Today marks DRPT's 30th anniversary 
Please join us in celebrating 30 years of connecting the Commonwealth!
Please join us in celebrating 30 years of connecting the Commonwealth!
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In far Southwest Virginia, funding is helping a successful microtransit program connect residents in the sprawling region to services and their community. 70% of riders have an income below $15,000, and nearly half don't own cars.
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Greetings from Buckingham Branch, the largest short line railroad in Virginia
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