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Dear friends of Regional Rail: The next meeting of the Regional Rail Working Group will be: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 6-8pm Location: Hoboken Parking Utility Conference Room, Ground Floor City Hall, 98 Washington Street, Hoboken New Jersey Two blocks west of the Hoboken Terminal PATH Station Once again the discussion will focus on options for new Hudson River passenger rail tunnels, including Amtrak's recently announced "Gateway" plan, the Moynihan/Penn Station First plan, the Hoboken Alternative and Mayor Bloomberg's plan to extend NYC's #7 subway to Secaucus. Time permitting other RRWG initiatives will be discussed. The Regional Rail Working Group is an informal collaboration of transit advocacy organizations that meet monthly to advance plans for transforming the commuter rail lines that serve the NY-NJ-CT metropolitan area into a truly regional rail system, with frequent service, integrated fares and through operation. For more info checkout www.rrwg.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- The next two Auto-Free New York meetings may be of interest to regional rail advocates: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 6-8pm "Light rail potential for NYC" Paul Gawkowski, Transportation Planner Former Director of Short Term Bus Service Planning, NYC Transit Tuesday, March 22, 2011 6-8pm "Rail Access to the Region's Airports: where we've been and where we're heading" Anthony Callendar, Transportation Planner Former Senior Staff Analyst, Aviation Department, Port Authority of NY and NJ Location: Transportation Alternative offices 127 West 26th Street 10 Floor Midtown Manhattan Auto-Free New York has been meeting on a monthly basis for over two decades to discuss ways to reduce motor vehicular use especially in the crowded core of our city. For more info checkout www.auto-free.org Plan to attend. No need to RSVP. Both RRWG and AFNY operate under the auspices of the Institute for Rational Urban Mobility, Inc. (IRUM), a NYC-based not for profit corporation. George Haikalis President, Institute for Rational Urban Mobility, Inc. One Washington Square Village, Suite 5D New York, NY 10012 geohaikalis@irim.org 212-475-3394 www.irum.org www.rrwg.org www.auto-free.org |
