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
Representative Judy Clibborn (D-Mercer Island) will b e the featured speaker at AAWA’s Saturday April 14 meeting at “Basil’s Kitchen”, Embassy Suites Hotel in Tukwilla at 15920 West Valley Highway Seattle, WA 98188 . The hotel is a one-block walk just west of the Tukwila Sounder/Amtrak station. The Amtrak Cascades trains from both north (513) and south (500) are convenient and timely for the noon meeting. Rep Clibborn, Chair of the WA State House Transportation Committee, is a strong supporter of modally-balanced transportation, including both intercity rail and Sound Transit. Her presentation will deal with, among other items, transportation issues addressed in the 2012 Legislature. AAWA is very pleased Rep Clibborn will be remaining for the entire membership meeting where attendees will have an opportunity to informally discuss transportation issues with her. AAWA hopes for good attendance at this meeting featuring a key member of our legislature. Following the membership meeting AAWA Board members and members who wish will remain to discuss plans for the remainder of 2012.
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.
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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