The SpeedPass would be an RFID chip embedded in plastic, preapproved based on a renter's record, insurance ratings, and credit ratings if applicable, and mailed to the cardholder for their use in high risk areas. The SpeedPass would then be scanned at the rental desk in the airport and the car would be lined up by the rental center. The customer could take the bus to the SpeedPass lane, and the RFID contained they had would flash their specific stall number and then they would get their car. Just to make sure the right customer got the right car RFID scanners would be underneath the dashboard and the car would only start for the right RFID card match. By simply typing in a short code, the support staff getting the cards lined p would be able to ensure only the right customer gets the right car. This would save hours of time in high risk insurance areas that also happen to be tourism destinations including Miami Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, New Orleans, San Diego and Hawaii in the U.S. And throughout European nations with high insurance rates. WiFi and Business Services on Amtrak

Astoundingly on the most advanced trains in the U.S. there is no free WiFi, from the high-speed Acela that links the eastern U.S. cities of Boston, New York and Washington D.C. And the StarLight Special across the west coast. Ironically a San Francisco-based company has pioneered the development of WiFi for trains yet only European, UK-based and Swedish airlines are using...

For Amtrak to gain greater market share relative to low-cost airlines and the alternative of driving, the U.S. Government needs to offer free WiFi as quickly as possible. This would significantly increase the attractiveness of using trains for business and leisure trips and position Amtrak as focused on being customer-centric. WiFi would also attract many business people content to have meetings on the way to business trips on the train as they can stay in touch via WiFi. It could feasibly lead to leasing conference facilities in specific cars equipped for teleconferences, drastically reducing wasted time of travel.