Dear friends of Regional Rail:

The next meeting of the Regional Rail Working Group (RRWG) will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 , 6-8pm (meeting will start promptly at 6pm) Conference Room, NYPD Downtown Center 104 Washington Street (just north of Rector Street),  Lower Manhattan.

 

Discussion will continue on two key issues:

 

-- developing a tutorial on regional rail equipment compatibility issues, including common regional designs for electric rail cars, dual-mode locomotives and station platform height (note: several special guests have been invited).

 

-- redirecting the Hudson River tunnel project into existing platforms and tracks in Penn Station, and then continuing on to Grand Central

 

Other agenda items will be progress reports on key RRWG initiatives:

 

1. Thru-running at Penn Station
2. Upper Level Loop Alternative for LIRR East Side Access
3. Rockaway Cut-off - one-seat ride Midtown Manhattan-Aqueduct Racino-JFK Airport and Rockaway Peninsula
4. Lower Manhattan Access
5. Light Rail in the Lincoln Tunnel
6. Regional Rail Freight plan
7. Intercity rail passenger issues, including new NY-Wash high speed rail line, and NY State Rail plan

The purpose of the working group is to develop and advance plans for converting the region's commuter rail lines into a regional rail system,
with fast, frequent service and affordable, integrated fares. The group also considers changes to rapid transit and light rail transit that are
"regional" in scale.
 
Regional Rail issues are discussed on our website: www.rrwg.org

The Working Group includes:

Empire State Passengers Association
NJ Association of Railroad Passengers
Lackawanna Coalition
Five Towns Rural Transit, Inc.
Committee for Better Transit
Institute for Rational Urban Mobility
Sane Aviation for Everyone, Inc. (SAFE) (our newest participant)

Plan to attend the next meeting on July 23, 2008, 6-8pm 

Save the date for the following month's RRWG meeting on Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 6-8pm

 

Both meetings at 104 Washington St.

 

Also, check www.auto-free.org for special walking tour of Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn on July 22, 2008

geo

George Haikalis
Chair, Regional Rail Working Group
One Washington Square Village, Suite 5D
New York, NY 10012 phone: 212-475-3394 

geo@irum.org     www.irum.org    www.auto-free.org      
www.vision42.org     www.rrwg.org