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Here are the most recent additions and major changes to our website.
This list does not include updates to the Action Alert center, Calendar of Events, NARP Blog entries, or our weekly news hotline (which is updated every Friday afternoon). Click on the appropriate menu bar to the left to read these items.
- July 1: The National Association of Railroad Passengers is pleased to offer an online copy of the pilot issue of The American Passenger, a publication created by our Marketing & Resource Development Committee. It has information and updates on passenger train developments throughout the country.
- July 1: Encouraged by the high-speed rail funds in the Recovery Act, a group of state legislators, business leaders and leaders of health, transit and environmental nonprofits wrote [PDF] to Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels (R) on March 27, pushing him to seek federal funding for passenger train improvements. (In a July 1 letter to NARP members in Indiana, NARP Council Member Steven Coxhead of Hammond has urged NARP members to contact the governor and state legislators directly.)
- June 1: Photos from NARP’s reception on the Hill and Council meeting, including the conferment of the Golden Spike Awards to Representative John Mica and Senator Harry Reid.
- May 27, NARP’s statement supporting strong passenger investment for fiscal 2010 appropriations, submitted for the record to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing.
- January 21, Updated Amtrak fact sheets providing a bevy of data on Amtrak services including ridership data, and state-by-state and Congressional district breakdowns of ridership.
- January 21, Letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Rockefeller endorsing Ray LaHood to be DOT secretary.
- January 14, Changes to our regional membership structure and links to more information about the six new geographical divisions is now online.
- December 31, Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama.
- December 22, Tribute to James “Brokenrail” Brunkenhoefer by NARP President Ross B. Capon.
- December 18, Statement on the passing of Paul Weyrich.
- December 18, NARP’sYear End Letter to our member and stakeholders.
- November 25, Statement on the appointment of Joseph Boardman as Amtrak President and CEO.
- November 25, NARP statements and letters protesting proposed MARC commuter rail and MTA commuter bus service cuts. Statement at Brunswick public hearing and letter to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.
- November 21, Letter to Transportation Secretary Mary Peters urging her to not to allow the FTA to sign a Record of Decision in NJ Transit’s ARC project.
- November 14, Statement on the resignation of Alex Kummant as Amtrak President and CEO.
- November 6, News release regarding testimony submitted to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
- October 1, Statement heralding passage of rail safety/Amtrak bill.
- September 26, Statement supporting passenger train funds in an economic stimulus bill. The statement itself is also available on our website
- September 24, Statement supporting rail safety/Amtrak bill.
- September 23, News release urging the industry to move ahead as quickly as possible with implementation of Positive Train Control.
- September 16, News release urging Presidential candidates to consider train investments. The letter itself is also available on our website
- August 15, News release touting energy efficiency of passenger trains.
- August 14, News release criticizing a GAO Report that minimalized passenger trains. The letter itself is also available on our website
- July 30, Bios of NARP staff members are now available online.
- July 17, NARP Executive Committee approves resolution in support of California’s High Speed Rail project.
- July 15, A letter to Senate-House conferees on the Amtrak Reauthorization bill discussing NARP’s position on differences in the bills.
Important past entries:
- April 10, Letter to Governors John Corzine (NJ) and David Paterson (NY) regarding the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project. NARP also issued a news release.
- March 27, NARP’s website for National Train Day. You can find out all about the May 10 celebrations nationwide here.
- December 12, 2007, A letter from NARP President George Chilson to the (then) sixteen Presidential candidates
- September 25, 2007, A NARP-written report about aviation subsidies: both obvious and hidden
- April 27, 2007, A letter and resolution from the Southern Rapid Rail Transit Commission urging Amtrak not to discontinue the Sunset Limited and to work with SRRTC on establishment of corridor service.
- August 15, 2006. On Board Food and Beverage Service Is Important, Report by NARP President George Chilson that discusses why Food and Beverage service is important to rail travelers and disputes charges that the service must operate at a “profit”.
- July 14, 2006. Letter to Surface Transportation Board regarding on-time performance, written by NARP Executive Director Ross Capon and discussing the many delays Amtrak trains face on freight railroads.
- June 22, 2006. Analysis of sleeping car costs: a report by NARP President George Chilson that shows that Amtrak sleeping cars generate a net positive contribution of at least $40 million a year.
- June 13, 2006. Letter from NARP President George Chilson to Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta regarding the lack of mention of passenger rail in the DOT’s “National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America’s Transportation Network” report. Our June 23 release about this letter is also here on our website.
- May 3, 2006. A resolution passed by the NARP Board of Directors ”urging Amtrak to restore the New Orleans-Orlando segment of the Sunset Limited now that CSX tracks have been restored to a higher standard than existed before Hurricane Katrina”.
- March 22, 2006. Notice of Proposed Rule Making, link to the Federal Register for February 27, 2006 which contains the NPRM for passenger rail platforms discussed in the March issue of NARP News (Requires Adobe PDF reader). NARP’s July 28 written comments can be read here.
- March 3, 2006. (posted March 14) Letter urging restoration of the Sunset Limited, from NARP President George Chilson to Amtrak Chairman David Laney.
- February 10, 2006.Media Advisory: Harris Poll: Public Wants Rail, Results of a public survey poll that show that 2/3 of Americans want to see more passenger and freight rail service.
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