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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
February 7, 2011 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director
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Announcing our Annual Conference!
Pre-registration is over, but GREAT NEWS! You can still pay at the door! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
January 10, 2011 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director
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RailPAC 2011 Annual Meeting
CITIZENS FOR RAIL CALIFORNIA, INC. A California Non-Profit Corporation (#813820 4/26/1977) d..b.a. The Rail Passenger Association of California & Nevada NOTICE OF 2011 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING The annual membership meeting of CITIZENS FOR RAIL CALIFORNIA, INC. will take place on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. at the board room at the headquarters building of…
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Is HSR a Cargo Cult for California?
Editorial by Noel T. Braymer During and shortly after World War II poor and isolated islanders in the South Pacific believed that with prayers and crude homemade airstrips they could attract planes to land and deliver “cargo”. These people were hoping to get some of the vast material wealth used to fight World War II…
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KCBS Caltrain Report
Caltrain Turns To Another Agency For Possible Bailout Our own Art Lloyd and Bruce Jenkins are interviewed by KCBS!
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Why You Need to Attend Steel Wheels of California 2011
To say that the situation regarding passenger rail financing and policy making is fluid would be an understatement. Looking back over thirty years of advocacy I find it hard to recall a time when passenger trains were such an ideological issue. But I won’t get into a political discussion in this forum. Instead let’s think…
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January CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance
Reported by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download: January 2011 Performance Report) The Capitol Corridor achieved amazing performance results for January 2011. Ridership in January soared a remarkable 11 percent compared to January 2010. A record-breaking 130,863 passengers rode Capitol Corridor trains, making January 2011 ridership and revenue thresholds the highest January results in the history of the…
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Tracking Rail News: February 2011
. . . Photos and Comments by Russ Jackson . . . On January 10 Governor Brown introduced his proposed budget for FY 2010-11. While major reductions are in store for “everyone,” that does not apply to the state rail corridor intercity rail operations. $90,247,027 is exactly the same amount as the last three years.…
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Thank you from the Friends of Caltrain
The Friends of Caltrain attracted an overflow crowd of 200 grassroots community and business groups and residents to our Caltrain Summit a little over a week ago. Congresswoman Jackie Speier and Sierra Club national executive director Michael Brune came to keynote. RailPAC donated a generous $500 towards its small budget: thank you so much. You…