Dear friends of regional rail:

The next monthly meeting of the Regional Rail Working Group sponsored by:

Empire State Passengers Association
NJ Association of Railroad Passengers

Lackawanna Coalition
Committee for Better Transit
Institute for Rational Urban Mobility

will be:

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 6-8pm (meeting will start promptly at 6pm)
Conference Room, NYPD Downtown Center
104 Washington Street (just north of Rector Street), Lower Manhattan.

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 Penn Station Metro-Hub plan sets the stage for doing this. Subsequent steps are access to Lower Manhattan and the Penn Station-Grand Central link. 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

Agenda for the April 19, 2006 meeting

1. Presentation: East End Shuttle Development Proposal

Hank de Cillia, Executive Director, Five Town Rural Transit, Inc.

researching, developing and advocating for improved public transpoirtation on the East End of Long Island.

For more info see: www.eastendshuttle.org .
2. Plans for regional rail exhibitionat Municipal Art Society - tentative dates: September 13, 2006 - November 8, 2006
3. Strategy and advocacy materials for advancing more sensible plan for LIRR East Side Access and Access to the Region's Core
4. Progress reports on other RRWG initiatives:
-- Penn Station Metro-Hub through-running plan
-- Rockaway cut-off
-- Lower Manhattan Access Options
-- Regional Rail Freight options
5. Intercity Rail Passenger issues

If you cannot make this meeting please send us you comments!

Save the dates for future meetings -- May 17, 2006 and June 21, 2006

Hope to see you Wednesday!

geo

George Haikalis
Chair, Regional Working Group
One Washington Square Village, Apt. 5D
New York, NY 10012 phone: 212-475-3394 fax:212-475-5051
geohaikalis@juno.com www.irum.org www.auto-free.org
www.vision42.org www.rrwg.org