Any D.C. resident with a laptop who regularly makes a trip to New York or Philadelphia on Amtrak has probably longed for wireless internet access on their journeys. On Monday, Amtrak announced it has installed wireless internet, but just in their stations. Sadly it’s not awesome, free internet, but regular old T-Mobile Hot Spots, which costs money. The hot spots will be available at Union Station, Baltimore Penn Station, Wilmington Station in Delaware, Philadelphia…

Hey look, someone who writes for Gawker doesn’t know where to go out in D.C., and thinks that everyone who lives here works for the government and never changes out of their work clothes! How adorable.Yesterday, I was trying to get home from Miami, but the weather had other plans, and the plane I was on got diverted to Washington, D.C. To Dulles Airport, to be exact, which is way farther outside of the city…

There’s a new entrant into the crowded East coast cheap bus service market. DC2NY, which launches officially on July 26th, has begun advertising their services by handing out cards and fliers around Chinatown. The new bus line will travel only from D.C. to New York (no stops in Baltimore or Philadelphia), picking up from two stops in D.C. — one in Dupont Circle and the other at 14th and Eye NW near McPherson Square –…

This DCist was in New York this weekend, and like anyone who frequents Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor between Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Penn Station in Manhattan, we know the drill while waiting for trains. In Union Station, lines can snake down the concourse prior to boarding. At Penn Station, people in the waiting room stand patiently underneath the departure and arrival board for the track number to be announced, as classical music plays…

President Bush in his most recent State of the Union address said that he wanted to support the development of an “ownership society” where every American stands to benefit from the pride of owning something, whether it be a strong investment portfolio or a ranch with lots of brush to clear. In New York, D.C., and elsewhere, this ownership society includes the giant real estate conglomerates that hold a great deal of power in how…

We thought we’d never say this. We’d actually like to deal with a train collision on the Red Line more than endure the transit crisis our colleagues in New York are dealing with. Because of a homeless man who apparently caused a fire that took out 600 electrical relays that control the busy Eighth Avenue Line, train service is being delayed, reduced and eliminated. The repairs could take as long as five years and subway…

DCist noticed early this morning at New York’s Penn Station that Amtrak is instituting a two-bag carry-on rule starting this November. So if you’re planning any shopping excursions or moving a lot of baggage while taking the train, be ready to check some bags. But we wonder how Amtrak is going to enforce this rule. Are they going to copy the airlines by bringing in little “check the size of my bag” contraptions? Aren’t conductors…