East Side Metro Rail Extension Analysis by Citizens for Regional Transit President Doug Funke. Presented at the CRT Fall Quaterly Public Meeting, 27 October 2021.
Citizens for Regional Transit submitted a letter to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) on the subject of the Buffalo Outer Harbor Civic and Land Use Improvement Project: General Project Plan. November 9, 2020. Our letter is attached here.
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
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.
Below is the application for the City of Buffalo's Better Buffalo Transit Oriented Development Fund. If you have a Transit Oriented Development project in mind, apply using this application.
Here, you can find links to the various videos we exhibited at the 2013 CRT Transit Conference in Buffalo, NY, September 14, 2013.
Each listing gives you the runtime for the video.
http://vimeo.com/19836629#at=0
After the light rail is extended, businesses move in, followed by people. Note that in Jersey City car ownership is even lower than in Buffalo!
http://vimeo.com/12743336#at=0
Transit expansion is not just a green issue. The business perspective is presented here.
Urban Smith on April 17, 2012 (6:40). http://www.amara.org/en/videos/WQu2IVetxYLy/info/
Seniors need to be near transit to continue active living. This has benefits for everyone.
http://vimeo.com/12745105#at=0
Planning for large increases in population.
http://vimeo.com/12796321#at=0
The new streetcar line connects to rail and to interesting neighborhoods.