Washington and Oregon are creating a new partnership and will develop a plan for managing passenger-rail service between Eugene, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C., as one continuous rail corridor rather than two separate state operations. Transportation officials for each state signed an agreement today as another step toward offering faster, more frequent Amtrak Cascades service.
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/04/4_wa_or_integratedcorridor.htm
All Aboard Washington would like to remind our members of the fundraising request we sent out a couple weeks ago. If you are able to respond with an extra contribution before the end of 2011, we much appreciate it. Just click on the Donate button to the right.
The 2012 Legislative session could be an interesting one as our legislators and the governor have begun discussions about placing a transportation revenue package on the November 2012 ballot. All Aboard Washington will be working hard to ensure that any transportation package forwarded to the voters will be balanced and contain funding for the improvement and expansion of intercity passenger rail service throughout our state. We will also continue to push our policy of Flex and Fix on the mudslide issue so that our citizens can count on consistent and reliable Amtrak and Sounder service, and to continue working for service improvements on the Amtrak Cascades.
Thanks for your support.
At the November 19 general membership meeting in Centralia, two new members were added to the All Aboard Washington Board of Directors.
The new members are Karen Keller of Lacey and Louis Musso of Cle Elum.
Reelected to the Board were Jim Hamre of Puyallup, Stephanie Weber of Kirkland and Zack Willhoite of Puyallup.
Congratulations to our two new board members.
The Amtrak Cascades are conducting a survey about what kind of information passengers want to see on the overhead monitors. Take the survey and receive a 2 for 1 Amtrak Cascades coupon!
National Train Events in Washington on May 12, 2012
National Train Day, celebrating the driving of the golden spike to mark completion of the first transcontinental railroad at Promentory Utah in May 1869, is fast approaching. The day is Saturday May 12. There will be four events in our state of Washington. Here is information on these events.
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