Published: August 04. 2010 12:41PM
Erie City Council approves resolution supporting passenger rail funding
Erie City Council wants federal officials to use a government financing program to help bring GE Transportation more business.
City Council this morning unanimously approved a resolution urging federal officials to provide loan guarantees to Amtrak via the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program.
That program, which the U.S. Department of Transportation oversees, provides direct loans and loan guarantees for railroad projects. Amtrak has expressed interest in using the RRIF program to upgrade an aging passenger locomotive fleet.
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Erie City Council approves resolution supporting passenger rail funding
Erie City Council wants federal officials to use a government financing program to help bring GE Transportation more business.
City Council this morning unanimously approved a resolution urging federal officials to provide loan guarantees to Amtrak via the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program.
That program, which the U.S. Department of Transportation oversees, provides direct loans and loan guarantees for railroad projects. Amtrak has expressed interest in using the RRIF program to upgrade an aging passenger locomotive fleet.
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N.C. seeks grants for fast trains
Charlotte News Observer
The state Department of Transportation is applying for $290 million in federal railroad money for projects that include new passenger stations in Hillsborough and Lexington and a bridge to separate cars from trains at the rail crossing on Blue Ridge Road near the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.
The request is for North Carolina's share of $2.3 billion in high-speed rail grants to be awarded nationwide in September. The state recently began spending some of the $545 million it won earlier this year as part of $8 billion in federal stimulus funds for fast trains.
"We could get all of this $290 million, or some of it, or we could get none of it," Pat Simmons, the state DOT rail director, said Wednesday.
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Charlotte News Observer
The state Department of Transportation is applying for $290 million in federal railroad money for projects that include new passenger stations in Hillsborough and Lexington and a bridge to separate cars from trains at the rail crossing on Blue Ridge Road near the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.
The request is for North Carolina's share of $2.3 billion in high-speed rail grants to be awarded nationwide in September. The state recently began spending some of the $545 million it won earlier this year as part of $8 billion in federal stimulus funds for fast trains.
"We could get all of this $290 million, or some of it, or we could get none of it," Pat Simmons, the state DOT rail director, said Wednesday.
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And a very positive editorial from a New Hampshire paper...a state that has not been historically friendly toward supporting passenger rail....
Passenger trains and the future of N.H., region
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Work is under way to improve the rail line between Portland, Maine, and Brunswick in order to accommodate passenger trains.
The plan to reintroduce daily passenger rail service to that part of Maine for the first time in 50-plus years in one sense has little relevance to those who live in the Lakes Region.
But this project shows that seriously examining what place passenger trains will play in the overall transportation plan for other areas of Northern New England is a subject to be taken seriously.
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Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
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(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
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Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
