Dan Leonard is the Senior Director of Economic Development for the Buffalo-Niagara Partnership.

We have curated a collection of the views and statuses of various upstate New York Amtrak stations. It is in PDF format.

Citizens for Regional Transit endorses efforts by Rep. Brian Higgins and Sen. Charles Schumer to support a new Amtrak Station for Buffalo, NY and for a comprehensive study of optimal location(s).

The current Exchange Street Station has been voted as the “saddest rail station in the US” and is woefully inadequate to support an upward trending Buffalo and its transportation needs. The recent Exchange Street Station roof collapse intensifies the urgency of building a new station.

There are many requirements that must be considered in evaluating locations and design for a new Buffalo train station:

This is the October 2016 Citizens for Regional Transit newsletter.

Here is the July 2016 CRT Newsletter.

Below are presentations from the April 2016 CRT Meeting.

Here is the April 2016 CRT Newsletter.

Citizens for Regional Transit has had a busy 2015. View our annual report for an overview of our activities for the year, and the groundwork built for 2016.

Presented by Kelly Dixon of One Region Forward at the January 20 annual meeting.

This is the January 2016 Citizens for Regional Transit Newsletter.