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Subject: next regional rail working group meeting
Date: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:44 PM
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, July 20, 2005 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 new website: www.rrwg.org
Agenda for the July 20, 2005 meeting
1. Report on day-long regional rail workshop at Municipal Art Society
2. LIRR/JFK Access to Lower Manhattan - special discussion
3. LIRR third tracking - Floral Park-Hicksville
4. Progress reports on RRWG initiatives:
-- Penn Station Metro-Hub Plan
-- Rockaway cut-off/Kennedy Airport Access
-- LIRR East Side Access -- including LI City connections
-- Access to the Region's Core -- a new alternative -- "HPG" - further discussion -- Rail Equipment issues -- MTA, CT and NJ Transit plans -- Regional Rail to Lower Manhattan -- West of Hudson issues -- Lincoln Tunnel Light Rail -- Bronx-Queens Connection -- PATH-Lex Connection -- Intercity Rail Passenger Service -- regional rail freight issues
If you cannot make this meeting please send us you comments!
Save the dates for future meetings (third Wednesday of each month):
August 17, 2005, September 21, 2005
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
