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We are supposed to be about two years away from Phase One being in operation (if the politicians don’t stop fighting, that could be longer of course).  Phase Two would connect Detroit/Toledo/Cleveland. There is already service (not high speed but service) from Toledo to Chicago so this phase would help bring the Ohio Hub to [...]

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Here is a Columbus Dispatch article on Federal monies going to various States including  Ohio.  We don’t know how much yet, but might by the end of the day.  The article says we are getting $400 million……stay tuned to see how much it actually will be.  Peace Out -3C Update: Per the US Labor Secretary, we [...]

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Yes, it’s with our money but so what? I think it took me a full 24 hours to actually believe this happened. Here is the transcript from the White House website, outlining the Obama/Biden declaration that high speed rail is the way of the future for the United States. Some quotes from Obama: “ What we’re [...]

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The All Aboard Ohio site has a full listing, but as part of the task force, there was a good list made up regarding rail in Ohio.  Here is the pdf task force report. (From Ohio Dept of Transp) I received this from the All Aboard Ohio executive director, Ken Prendergast, today: See http://www.allaboardohio.org/cms/index.php for [...]

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The public (meaning us) seems to still be ahead of the curve on how important passenger rail is to our future economy. Here is an article from yesterday’s Washington Post on passenger rail becoming more and more popular. Yes Congress is seeing a national passenger rail network in our future too but I can’t get [...]

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The months are flying by aren’t they? It’s already time for the next update on passenger rail and transit news for the Midwest/Ohio. The Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission (MIPRC) did a study of Amtrak ridership in the Mid West. Some stats:   In the last five years, Mid West corridor ridership has increased 64%Long distance Mid West routes were [...]

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This is the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act. It passed with a clear enough majority that it is vetoe proof and apparently (maybe because of that) President Bush has stated he will sign it.  I’m going to list how the Senators voted on HR 2095 – note please that Senator McCain voted nay, Senator Biden [...]

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The Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) received a grant of $62,500 and they consider this a positive sign that The Feds consider The Ohio Hub  a valid project for Ohio’s economy and future.  The grant came from the Federal Railroad Aministration. The grant is for a feasibility study with AMTRAK to “start up two round [...]

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This passed the House yesterday, and yeah I know the Senate is busy with pressing Bailout issues; but some in the Senate could be multi-tasking (why not!)  The Passenger Rail Act is needed so we can have monies available to assist in rail projects (yes like the Ohio Hub, but we do already have Amtrak [...]

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Here is a passenger rail update, and thanks to Stacy Fallon of The Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Committee (MIPRC) for some of the links.   People in Warren and Youngstown weigh in on passenger rail and sound pretty enthusiastic about being able to schlep into Cleveland for Cavs and Indians games, among other things. At [...]

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