Event Calendar
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June 13, 2013 - Livingston, MT
Public Info Forum on Return of Rail Passenger Service to Southern Montana
7:00 PM Mountain time
NP Beanery (former passenger train depot), 108 W. Park St.
PowerPoint presentation by NARP member Chuck McMillan of Helena, MT, on prospects for the return of Amtrak service to southern Montana, missing since the 1979 discontinuance of Amtrak's Chicago-St. Paul-Bismarck-Helena-Seattle North Coast Hiawatha. Hosted by the Livingston Downtown Building Owners' Association.
June 14, 2013 - Richmond, VA
Virginians for High Speed Rail's 17th Annual Meeting: "Celebrating Success--Preparing for the Future"
Click here to register.
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third St., Room E11, Richmond, VA
Invited Speakers: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), and representatives of the Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation and the Northeast Corridor Future Planning Group
Registration: $40.00 per attendee if registered by June 1; $50.00 per person afterwards; includes plated lunch. Click here to register of call (804) 864-5193.
June 22, 2013 - Eugene, OR
Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates (AORTA) Board Meeting
12:00 Noon to 3:00 PM
Cafe du Hall, 488 Willamette St., Eugene (at corner of NW 5th St., one block south of the Amtrak station)
AORTA members and interested persons welcome!
August 6-9, 2013 - Irving, TX
16th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Summit
Omni Mandalay Hotel, 221 Las Colinas Blvd. East, Irving, TX
Accessible by the DART Light Rail Orange Line, near the Las Colinas Urban Center station.
Click here for the complete schedule
The Summit is a four day event that last year brought together over 1,100 attendees from 20 states and 11 countries. The on-going mission of the Summit is to educate policy makers concerning the current transportation and infrastructure issues that are found at the local, state, and national levels. The Summit uniquely brings together the leading transportation and infrastructure officials from the current Administration, Congress, and State legislatures, as well as industry leaders from the private and non-profit organizations across the country to collaborate and strategize, bringing contemporary solutions for challenges impacting our society.
Confirmed speakers include NARP Chairman Bob Stewart; House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), Former T&I Chairman James Oberstar, Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo, US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Congresswoman Donna Edwards; Victor Mendez, Administrator, FHWA; Anthony Levandowski, Program Manager, Google Self-Driving Car; Ryan Holeywell, Staff Writer, Governing Magazine; Richard Arena, President, Association for Public Transportation; Gail Spann, Chair, League of American Bicyclists; Richard Mueller, President, Ameron International Corporation Water Transmission Group; ; Gary Thomas, President and Exec. Director, DART., and Art Guzzetti, Vice President of Policy, APTA.
October 19-20, 2013 - Jacksonville, FL
NARP's Fall Council of Representatives meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, 225 E. Coastline Drive, Jacksonville, FL. An optional pre-meeting tour of area rail facilities may take place Friday, October 18. More details to be posted in July.