JANUARY 2006

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
Committee for Better Transit
Institute for Rational Urban Mobility

will be:
  
Wednesday, January 18, 2006  6-8pm
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 January 18, 2006 meeting

1. Presentation by Phil Strong on regional rail equipment options
2. Progress reports on other RRWG initiatives:
     -- Penn Station Metro-Hub through-running plan
     -- Rockaway cut-off
     -- LIRR East Side Access
     -- Access to the Region's Core - Alternative G (Penn Station-Grand
Central link)
     -- Lower Manhattan Access Options
     -- Regional Rail Freight options
3. Intercity Rail Passenger issues
4. Plans for future regional rail workshop at Municipal Art Society

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

Save the dates for future meetings -- February 15, 2006 and March 15,
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