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Transit Staycations – Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo

Greetings everyone! I mentioned earlier on that I will begin a Focus Post series called Transit Staycations. This series will profile various tourist sites that you can easily get to by using public transit. For my inaugural post; I will talk briefly about Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo and how you can get there using the HARTContinueContinue reading “Transit Staycations – Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo”

Mairie de Montrouge Virtual Tour

Greetings everyone, I have a brief update on the Paris subway Line 4 extension towards station Mairie de Montrouge! Towards the end of January, I discovered the le metro a rendez-vous avec Montrouge blog by Dominique Josse. In this blog, she features up-to-date news and happenings that revolve around the Line 4 extension projects towards Montrouge, andContinueContinue reading “Mairie de Montrouge Virtual Tour”

Re-focusing on European Transports site migration

Greetings everyone! I just wanted to provide a quick update on my efforts to migrate content from my old sites to WordPress. For personal reasons, my trip to Virginia may be postponed until later this year or sometime in 2014. So in the meantime, I have shifted my efforts here to migrating my Europe TransitContinueContinue reading “Re-focusing on European Transports site migration”

Some MI 84 commuter rail stock trains to be re-assigned…

I heard from the Symbioz forums a few days ago that the STIF is proposing to re-deploy twenty trainsets of the MI 84, the commuter rail rolling stock that is gradually being phased out from the RER Line A. This latest development appeared in a media release from the STIF dated February 13, 2013. The releaseContinueContinue reading “Some MI 84 commuter rail stock trains to be re-assigned…”

Line 12 of the Paris Metro

Greetings everyone! As promised, I will be discussing Line 12 of the Paris Metro in this post. Line 12 is one of several vital north-south subway routes that traverse the wonderful city of Paris. Line 12 starts in the southwestern suburbs of Issy, traveling northeastward through the neighborhood of St. Lambert, and making a briefContinueContinue reading “Line 12 of the Paris Metro”

Major changes are coming to my blog and websites

Greetings everyone! A few days ago, I realized that I could do a lot more with my WordPress blog……A LOT MORE! In fact, I came to the realization that I could build my entire transit fansite right here in WordPress, and have all of the pages revolve around my blog! I think it’s pretty coolContinueContinue reading “Major changes are coming to my blog and websites”

New York City’s Grand Central Terminal turns 100!

The photo featured in this post was taken by me (HARTride 2012) during my 2011 visit to New York City. Greetings everyone! Grand Central Terminal, located in the heart of New York City, reached a significant milestone…it’s Centennial Birthday! 100 Years! With that said, I would like to take some time to share my own travelsContinueContinue reading “New York City’s Grand Central Terminal turns 100!”

Paris RER E Extension Approved

Happy February everyone! For those of you who reside in Paris, I have some wonderful news to report! The planned extension of the commuter rail line E has been approved, making way for a possible start of construction date in 2014! Note: I’ve obtained some the information used for this blog post from the International Railway Journal article, ParisContinueContinue reading “Paris RER E Extension Approved”

PSTA moves forward with transit referendum plans

Great news to everyone residing in the Tampa Bay area (particularly Pinellas County)! The PSTA board decided unanimously to move forward with plans to place a penny sales tax increase to help fund transit improvements. The current plan is to have the question on the November, 2014 ballot, however this could change if more timeContinueContinue reading “PSTA moves forward with transit referendum plans”

Air Base Mayhem FanFiction Story – Part 1

Hi everyone! As I’ve mentioned through my Projects page, I am working on a few fanfiction stories in the FanFiction.Net website. One of those stories revolves around one of my favorite Nintendo 64 video games, Perfect Dark. This story, titled Air Base Mayhem, describes the lives of several staff members who work in the air base facility thatContinueContinue reading “Air Base Mayhem FanFiction Story – Part 1”