In Bucks County, Democrats are leading in SD-6, HD-18, and HD-142, which they are aiming to flip, and are comfortably winning HD-144 (a seat they currently hold). SD-6 is especially important for Democrats to win in order to win the State Senate
Every time I try and join my friends’ party it won’t let me hear them because of a network error, and my other friends are having the exact same problem. Our PSN accounts and internet are fine. Is anyone else having this problem?
I live in Delco so there aren’t many competitive elections here at all. But in Bucks there are tons of them. I think the most under discussed election is state senate district 6, which is key to helping Democrats win the state senate in November. How likely is it that the district flips in November? I saw primary results and Farry got outvoted by 16 points compared to outvoting Democrats by 7 points in the 2022 primary (he won by 8 later that year in an R+3 state senate generic ballot). I want him gone because of how anti-SEPTA he is, how out of touch he is on the minimum wage, and recently today was the only senator to vote against upzoning and reforming accessory dwelling unit guidelines in the state. Would Shapiro winning by enough and the environment being much bluer than 2022 flip the seat? Please let me know your thoughts!
Southbound 2167 and Northbound 2152, 2158, and 2160 will skip Baltimore starting on Monday June 22nd when new schedules for the Acela go into effect
About a year ago I asked about what was in store for the Wolverine corridor in terms of service improvements, travel time reductions, etc. Do we know what’s next for these trains? Michigan can do a lot of good with these trains. I know they are upgrading the entire Michigan section of the line to 110 MPH speeds. When will we see the first travel time reductions and by how much? Will we see sub 4 hour travel times between Detroit and Chicago eventually? (needs to be rerouted through Indiana via the South Shore Line for that to happen). This line has so much potential to be a great line and eventually high speed rail line when we get there when we’re all old and gray. For any of you that are in Michigan and or know about this corridor, please let me know!
Obviously the VPRA is very ambitious with their projects and wanting to bring more train service to Virginia. They are purchasing new right of way, building new tracks and separations from freight, bypasses, the big Long Bridge project expected to be completed in 2030, increasing maximum speeds from 70 MPH to 90 MPH etc. They had to cut back service in and out of the state because of the construction. Increasing service and capacity is obviously the main goal which makes sense. But one of the biggest things that will increase ridership the most is if it is extremely competitive or faster than driving. Do we know how quick travel times will be between Richmond and DC will be by 2030 or when these big projects by the VPRA will be completed? Would trips between Richmond Main Street and Washington DC be under 2 hours? If any of you know more about this please let me know!
I know that Amtrak is going to be upgrading Zoo Interlocking in the Zoo to Paoli project, but when will construction on it start and be completed? And most importantly, how much faster will trains go on the curve at Zoo Interlocking? 30 MPH on that curve is nowhere near fast enough and trains should be going about 60 MPH on that curve. There's been a lot of discussion about this on Twitter but not much specifics and not much confirmation. If any of you know more about this project plead let me know!