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Dear friends of Regional Rail:
The next meeting of the Regional Rail Working Group (RRWG) will be held jointly with the regular monthly meeting of Auto-Free New York on Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 6-8pm (meeting will start promptly at 6pm) Conference Room, NYPD Downtown Center 104 Washington Street (just north of Rector Street), Lower Manhattan. (Our regular meeting date, the fourth Wednesday of each month, would have put us on the evening before Thanksgiving). In addition to the main presentation we will have time for very brief progress reports on other RRWG initiatives. The following month, the program for Auto-Free New York New York may be of interest to many regional rail advocates, so I'm providing information on both meetings at the end of this note. Our next regular monthly meeting for the RRWG would be Christmas Eve so we will reschedule that meeting as well. More info will follow about that meeting. 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 two meetings of Auto-Free New York: - Tuesday, November 25, 2008 6-8pm "Mega Bucks for Mega Projects: Is there an Affordable Way to Advance Regional Rail Without Breaking the Bank?" Joseph Clift, Transportation Consultant Regional Rail Working Group Location: Conference Rm. NYPD Downtown Center 104 Washington St., Lower Manhattan - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6-8pm "Concept Plan for Boroughwide Light Rail/Streetcar Grid: Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island" Jonathan Boyer, Project Manager, STV Note location: T.A. Office, 127 W. 26th St., 10th Floor -------------------------------------------------------------- see you on Nov. 25 and Dec. 16, 2008 geo |
