This is the January 2019 CRT Newsletter.

Three Questions for CRT President Doug Funke, about how to improve Buffalo's public transit, including a Metro Rail expansion through the East Side to the Airport. Additionally, the interview covered the CRT petitions calling for a TRANSIT REVOLUTION, and our ideas for public transportation on the Outer Harbor, including the potential for a gondola (dependent on plans).

https://www.facebook.com/PPGBuffalo/videos/1697715900335090/

Full radio interview (skip to 4:00 for audible portion) from December 18, 2018.

https://www.facebook.com/PPGBuffalo/videos/1003951106444471/

This is the CRT Newsletter for October 2018.

We have a new petition out to call upon the Erie County Legislature to begin significant investments in sustainable public transit.

Here is the July 2018 CRT Newsletter.

A statement from CRT President Doug Funke

Dump The Pump (DTP) Day is June 21st. This is when we minimize car-based (fossil-fuel-intensive) travel as a way to: (1) highlight approaches for, and the importance of, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) generation; and (2) begin breaking our fossil fuel intensive travel habits.

This year, Citizens for Regional Transit (CRT) Executive Board members have pledged to minimize car-based travel by taking transit on DTP Day and throughout DTP Week (June 18th through 22nd). Please join us in leaving our cars at home and walking, biking or taking transit to work and appointments. Take the pledge here.

Promoting the use of transit is especially important now as we face unprecedented threats to the planet from climate change. County Executive Poloncarz’s January 2018 “Erie County Commits to Paris” report makes clear that meeting the Paris Climate Accord emission reduction goals will require changes in how we travel. With 40% of Erie County’s GHG production coming from the transportation sector (the largest contributing sector), moving people from car-based travel to public transit is essential. As French President Macron put it, “there is no Planet B.”

We hope you will join us in dumping the pump during DTP Week. See you on the bus and train!

Citizens for Regional Transit has released our official position on Buffalo's new Exchange Street Station proposal (as formulated by the New York State Department of Transportation).

This was presented by CRT President Doug Funke during our May 1, 2018 Quarterly Meeting at First Presbyterian Church.

This insight brief describes the potential for commuter rail service on the Niagara Branch between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Currently this corridor is owned by CSX but most notably supports existing Amtrak service. The brief was provided at the CRT Quarterly Meeting on May 1, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church.

Study author: Aaron Krolikowski, PhD.

WBFO covered our Quarterly Public Meeting at First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, May 1.

For the coverage, read this article by WBFO's Mike Desmond.

http://news.wbfo.org/post/metro-bus-rail-amtrak-regional-prosperity