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SUPPORT GROUPS
Balanced Transportation Groups
- OneRail...a
coalition of freight, passenger, transit, environmental and labor
groups, OneRail advocates for increased investment in the nation’s
railroad infrastructure to ensure our continued mobility, economic
competitiveness and job creation, as well as to meet the energy and
climate challenges of the 21st century
- The Florida Bullet Train...effort by C.W. “Doc” Dockery to promote high speed rail in Florida
- Friends of the Earth Amtrak Blog...moderated by Colin Peppard, Friends of the Earth Transportation Policy Coordinator
- Culture Change...hilighting issues surrounding peak oil and conservation
- Carbusters...international organization promoting alternatives to “car culture,” including mass transit and rail
- Center for Neighborhood Technology...a group located in Chicago concerned about sustainable transportation policy, including rail, with many other resources
- Center for Transportation Excellence...a non-partisan policy research center that includes rebuttal information about common criticisms of rail transit
- Community Transportation Association of America...a
non-profit organization whose members are dedicated to mobility for all
people, advocating affordable and accessible community transportation
- Environmental Law and Policy Center...a
Midwestern public interest environmental advocacy organization working
to achieve cleaner energy resources and implement sustainable energy
strategies, promote innovative and efficient transportation and land use
approaches - including high-speed rail
- (California) Los Angeles Rail Transit...the “Union Station” site is a private site with information on intercity, commuter, light rail and subway services
- MassTransport.com...a portal site for “users of international public transportation,” including in the U.S.
- (Virginia) TransDominion Express...Information on proposed intercity passenger rail service from Bristol to Roanoke, Lynchburg, and Washington/Richmond
- Transport 2000 Canada...The national group for users of public transportation in Canada, including rail and transit
- Idealist...a global directory of 14,000 non-profit groups of all types (including NARP)
- National Station Car Association...lots
of interesting information on proposals to have electric cars available
at mass transit stations for use by transit riders
- Surface Transportation Policy Project...STPP wants intercity and local rail to have a strong presence in transportation public policy.
- Transportation Alternatives...a
local group in New York City whose primary focus is bicycle use, but
which works in a broader context of less automobile use, more transit
use, and better pedestrian facilities
- Tri-State Transportation Campaign...a
non-profit corporation working to reform transportation systems and
policies in the 32-county New York/New Jersey/Connecticut region, site
includes weekly newsletter, Mobilizing the Region
- Victoria Transport Policy Institute...a research organization in Canada but which writes frequently about US transportation issues
- (California) Friends 4 Expo Transit...Citizens working for a light rail option in the Los Angeles Mid-City/Westside transit corridor now under study
- (California) Modern Transit Society...Group
promoting transit and rail use with chapters in Sacramento, Fresno,
Davis, Napa/Sonoma, East Bay, South Bay, San Francisco and Los Angeles
- (California) BayRail Alliance...an
all-volunteer transit consumer group working to promote an upgraded and
expanded rail service in the Bay Area (formerly Peninsula Rail 2000)
- (Illinois) Greater Rockford Transportation Coalition...citizens’ group working for better connections to Rockford, including passenger rail (there is none now)
- (Illinois) Citizens Taking Action...riders’ group for Chicago-region transit users
- (Illinois) Project Depot...community group working to restore the station at Mattoon, Ill.
- (Massachusetts) Association for Public Transportation...promoters of “good public transportation” and publishers of the Car-Free in Boston guidebook
- (Missouri) Citizens for Modern Transit...improving the quality of life in the St. Louis region through alternative means of transport
- National Corridors Initiative...business,
environmental, government, academic leaders advancing rail-corridor
development as economic development, congestion mitigation, and
environmental tools; linking those corridors into a network that
maintains a true national rail system a high priority
- (New Jersey) Lackawanna Coalition...focuses on issues
related to New Jersey Transit’s Morris & Essex lines (e.g. schedule
enhancements and station improvements). Website under construction;
contact Chairman davealanonamtrak(at)dcemail.com" _mce_href="mailto:davealanonamtrak(at)dcemail.com"> David Peter Alan for more information
- (New Jersey/Pennsylvania) Penn Jersey Rail Coalition...coalition dedicated to restoration of New York - Scranton passenger trains on the Lackawanna Cutoff
- (New York)Straphangers’ Campaign...Transit users’ group in New York City
- (New York) Village Crosstown Trolley Coalition...Organized
by neighborhood residents to develop plans and community support for a
trolley line linking the East Village, West Village and Greenwich
Village.
- (Rhode Island) Friends of Kingston Station...local support group for station restored in 1998
- (Texas) Light Rail Now!...Grassroots group promoting future light rail service in Austin
- (Wisconsin) Dane Alliance for Rail Transit...Promoting commuter rail in Madison and Dane County
Outside the United States and Canada
- European Passengers’ Federation Representing the interests of the users of public transportation and intercity passenger trains throughout Europe
- Railfuture - “The independent campaign for a better passenger and freight rail network” in the United Kingdom.
- Rail Users Ireland -
Organization representing thousands of rail users across all 26 counties
in the Republic of Ireland, working for improved infrastructure and
service.
- Pro Bahn - Organization of German rail passengers
- Pro-Bahn Schweiz (“ProRail Switzerland”) Representing train and transit passengers in Switzerland (Note: Website is in German. English translation here.)
- Verkehrs-Club der Schweiz (VCS)
(“Traffic Club of Switzerland”) Organization promoting sustainable
transportation in Switzerland, including walking, cycling and public
transit, supporting “an optimal combination of different transport
modes.” (Note: Website is in German. English translation here.)
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