James LaRusch of the American Public Transportation Association (www.publictransportation.org) presents news of a renaissance of public transit in the United States.
This presentation was shown at the CRT Quarterly Meeting, April 16, 2014.
This is the April 2014 CRT Newsletter.
Get your comments in to the NY-DOT regarding HP Rail and weigh in on the stations in Buffalo.
https://www.dot.ny.gov/empire-corridor
Click on the link and you'll see a page with some background PDFs - if you want to get dipped in the concept and their thinking you can read the material.
Click on the "Comment" button on the left hand side of the page to weigh in.
Pass along to your friends/family/co-workers. It costs nothing to do it.
All aboard!
Here is the February 2014 CRT newsletter.
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. "IMAGINE a Healthy, Wealthy & Sustainable Community: Appreciating the Past & The Art of Investing Locally for Tomorrow"
Douglas Funke, President, Citizens for Regional Transit &
Hal Morse, Ex. Dir., Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council
Here is Citizens for Regional Transit's 2013 Annual Report.
Citizens for Regional Transit continues to shape and accelerate the conversation around improvement and expansion of bus and rail transit for all citizens of the Niagara Frontier.
We brought citizens, experts, and policymakers together to address issues including: the implications of midterm election results for transit funding; electricity and hydrogen as alternative energy sources for transit; and East Side development and transit access.
Throughout the year, we have been busy with letters, opinion pieces, and interviews in local media; meetings with state and federal government representatives, presentations to community groups; information tables at events; attendance at meetings of transportation agencies and community organizations; written and oral comments on regional transportation plans; and more.
CRT relies on members for all ongoing expenses. We are entirely staffed by volunteers, so contributions go directly to promoting transit. Your membership fosters our continuing and expanded efforts. You can help to keep this momentum going each year.
Join or renew now via PayPal or mail the attached form with a check to Citizens for Regional Transit, 617 Main St., Suite #201, Buffalo, NY 14203.
Connect with us:
https://www.facebook.com/CitizensForRegionalTransit/
You can donate or establish your membership online here.
This is the January 2014 CRT Newsletter.
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!