Citizens for Regional Transit submitted a letter and comments in support of the NFTA's work on expanding Metro Rail in the Amherst Corridor.
This was presented by CRT President Doug Funke during our May 1, 2018 Quarterly Meeting at First Presbyterian Church.
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
On April 25, 2018, CRT President Doug Funke was interviewed by Partnership of the Public Good's Sam Magavern. They discussed CRT's efforts to expand Metro Rail, on WUFO-AM.
Doug was interviewed again on the Public Good After Show.
Videos courtesy PPG.
Visit Partnership for the Public Good at www.ppgbuffalo.org .
As of December 2017, 67 organizations have signed our petition in support for public transit in Western New York. See our summary below!
If you would like to sign the petition, visit our petition home.
See this fact sheet for a comparison.
Presented by Rachel Maloney, Transportation Planner for the NFTA.
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
This diagram shows our position on Cars Sharing Main Street. Note that Cars Sharing Main Street eliminates Theater Station.
By Seth C Triggs
As of 2009 in the United States (and North America), all non-new build light rail systems have expanded except for Metro Rail in Buffalo, New York. Some new build systems such as Seattle's Link Light Rail have already commenced expansion planning and/or construction. Indeed, a large portion of light rail expansion has occurred in the past five years. Due to the somewhat higher costs associated with reserved right-of-ways [see note 1], not as many heavy-rail (rapid transit) systems have expanded.