The Friendly City Urbanist
I write about land use, transportation, housing, and climate policy. Former planning commissioner from Harrisonburg, Virginia living in the Netherlands, enrolled in the Global Urban Transformations Master's program at Utrecht University. 🚫 AI
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What would it take to bring passenger rail service back to Harrisonburg? (opens the original)
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In 2023 I wrote about a few of the reasons Harrisonburg doesn’t have passenger rail service (while comparable cities like Charlottesville and Staunton have Amtrak stations). The short version is that Harrisonburg is not on the mainline. Last month a friend put me in touch with Gabriel Morey, a public transit professional and former Harrisonburg resident who started Blue Ridge Rail. This new initiative is se
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