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RIARP Spring Meeting
Date
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 6:00 PM Tuesday, May 21, 2024 8:00 PM
Location
Dinner Train 2 Alexander Road Portsmouth RI 02871
This location will serve as a meeting venue only. No food is involved, so make other arrangements prior to or following the meeting. The train will be stationary.
Directions (Driving): (Use the address '2 Alexander Road, Portsmouth' for GPS maps). From West Main Road (Rt.114) in Portsmouth, the entrance to the "Melville Marine District" (big sign) is directly across from the Dunkin' Donuts on West Main Road. Follow Stringham Road all the way to the bottom, cross the tracks, and bear right into the lot. There is ample parking.
For those who use public transit, it might be preferable to get a ride with someone who's driving. RIPTA's 60-bus does travel on West Main Road, but at half the schedule where there's a bus once an hour daytime, and at night that becomes a bus every two hours. Also, from the West Main Road / Stringham Road intersection, the distance to the Melville Depot is one mile.
Directions (Driving): (Use the address '2 Alexander Road, Portsmouth' for GPS maps). From West Main Road (Rt.114) in Portsmouth, the entrance to the "Melville Marine District" (big sign) is directly across from the Dunkin' Donuts on West Main Road. Follow Stringham Road all the way to the bottom, cross the tracks, and bear right into the lot. There is ample parking.
For those who use public transit, it might be preferable to get a ride with someone who's driving. RIPTA's 60-bus does travel on West Main Road, but at half the schedule where there's a bus once an hour daytime, and at night that becomes a bus every two hours. Also, from the West Main Road / Stringham Road intersection, the distance to the Melville Depot is one mile.
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.