Nadine Lemmon, of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, presented this talk at the Citizens for Regional Transit quarterly meeting on October 16, 2015.
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Download the Citizens for Regional Transit/21st Century Park presentation on the new Buffalo SkyLine, a thrilling tourist and community attraction, coupled with a world-class park on the Outer Harbor!
This presentation was delivered at the October 15 CRT meeting by Darren Kempner, manager of Manager, Grants and Government Affairs for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.
From https://onlinempa.unc.edu/5-largest-us-public-transit-systems-inforgrap… (1.9MB in size)
Credit: MPA@UNC
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In 2014, on Dump the Pump Day, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown issued a proclamation.
These are the two presentations by Gladys Gifford, Lynn Magdol and Doug Funke that Citizens for Regional Transit shared at CNU 22.
http://www.citizenstransit.org/presentations/CNU22-Gladys.pdf
http://www.citizenstransit.org/presentations/dontforgettransit-dougfunk…
The National Highway Trust Fund (an important source for transit funding) is going broke!
As cars are becoming more fuel-efficient and Americans are driving fewer miles, there is a lot less gas tax revenue collected; the highway trust fund is becoming exhausted. The federal gasoline tax hasn't been raised since 1993 and has never been indexed to inflation. Given this looming fiscal cliff, doing nothing is not an option.
http://t4america.org/our-vision/investment/
Contact your federal representative today!
Panel: Mark Croce, Dr. Daniel Hess, Hal Morse, Patrick Whalen, Howard Zemsky.
Tour: DL&W and Central Terminals and future airport light rail alignment from 2:00 to 4:00
Reservations for lunch and/or tour are due by September 7th. You may also download the registration form below and send to Citizens for Regional Transit, c/o CRT Conference, 289 Ashford Avenue, Tonawanda, NY 14150.
Call 716-833-9543 with questions.
Forum will offer steps to take now, to foster sustainable transportation for the future in WNY.
Panelists: Amy Weymouth-Michaux and Kelly Dixon, transportation analysts with the Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council; Dr. Wende A. Mix, Buffalo State professor in Planning; Senator Timothy M. Kennedy, 58th District, member NYS Senate Transportation and Commerce and Agriculture committees; Hon. Sam Hoyt, Empire State Development Corporation, former NYS Assemblyman
Moderator: Gladys Gifford, President, Citizens for Regional Transit
Discussion to follow presentations by panel. Event is free and open to the public.
The NFTA is holding hearings in various locations in the service area. These meetings may be your best opportunity to ensure that catastrophic transit cuts do not occur!
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Jan. 30 - ECC North Campus Bldg. B, Bretschger Hall, Room 401 - 6 p.m. |
Jan. 31 - Niagara Falls City Hall Chambers - 6 p.m. |
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Feb. 1 - Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Auditorium - Noon and 6 p.m. |
Feb. 2 - ECC South Campus Building #5 Cafeteria - 6 p.m. |
Also see: http://metro.nfta.com/Routes/ServiceReductions.aspx
