Building Blocks for Passenger Rail

Colorado Rail Passenger Association Spring Meeting
Saturday, June 14, 9:30-noon
Bear Valley Branch Library
5171 W. Dartmouth Avenue
Denver
Bus: 51

9:00 Doors Open

9:30 Meeting Starts

9:40 Legislation: What Difference Does It Make and How Do We Get It?
                            by Julie Hoerner Mowry, our volunteer lobbyist

10:10 Membership Discussion

11:10 RTD Northwest Mobility Study
          by Chris Quinn, FasTracks Project Manager

11:40 Election of Board Members

Meeting will end and room will be cleared by noon.

Take action to put more buses and trains on our streets

A previous post mentioned the Public Transportation Preservation Act (S 3412 and HR 5418) which would provide federal money to restore bus and train service that has been cut throughout the nation.

Cars get a subsidy from every tax that we pay. We pay for cars through property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, and miscellaneous fees. Buses and trains deserve the same level of support. Some car people who want to widen a single highway in my state are looking for $20 billion in subsidies. The Public Transportation Preservation Act would restore bus and train service throughout the country for only $2 billion.

Also, to show that people in the US will ride trains, we need to actually run them. Cuts create declining ridership which gives a weapon to train opponents.

I hope that you will all send letters to your Representatives and Senators through the online petition at Change.org.

Tell Congress to pass the Public Transportation Preservation Act

A Way to Support Local Transit

Senator Chris Dodd recently introduced the Public Transportation Preservation Act (S. 3412) . So far only Senators from states with good transit are co-sponsoring this bill. This act would give local transit agencies money to maintain basic bus and train service, something that we are losing now.

The companion legislation in the House is HR 5418.

So please call your Senators and Representatives and ask them to co-sponsor this legislation.