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HOT TOPICS
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I-81 Freight Rail Study and Norfolk Southern Cresent Corridor compared and contrasted in new paper for CTB
11/18/07
Because both are rail intermodal efforts
affecting the I-81 Corridor, there has been public confusion over
what these two projects are and how they differ. In a new paper
prepared for the Commonwealth Transportation Board meeting in Roanoke
on November 7, RAIL Solution details the differences and highlights
some curious ways the new NS direction departs from the vision of
its own CEO, Wick Moorman (2nd item below).
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Response to
"I-81 Crescent Corridor" Initiative
7/9/07
RAIL Solution has been asked our views on
Norfolk Southern's recently announced "I-81 Crescent Corridor"
initiative. To understand its significance, one has to separate what's
old from what's new.
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Norfolk Southern's
I-81 Strategy
10/19/06
Norfolk Southern President, Chairman, and
CEO Charles "Wick" Moorman made a major address at Hotel
Roanoke, which he called a "coming out party" for the
railroad's I-81 strategy.
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A Multi-State Plan Needs Multi-State Involvement
RAIL
Solution is reaching out to Tennesseans,
Pennsylvanians, Marylanders, and
West Virginians.
“Our neighbors need to know
that the H-1581 process offers opportunity
for significant transport- ation
improvements at less cost to taxpayers,
highway users and our environment
up and down the I-81 Corridor. These
citizens need to be pressing their
transportation planners to gain
access to the intermodal rail planning
process.”
Dave Foster
RAIL Solution Exec. Dir.
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RAIL Solution is a grassroots citizens group promoting railroads
as the safest, cleanest, most efficient, and least costly carriers of
freight and people.
Our mission is to introduce our communities and state decision makers
to the powerful economic benefits and improved quality of life
that 21st Century rail will bring to the 1-81 region.
Officers:
Chair: Rees Shearer
P.O. Box 117, Emory, VA 24327
rrshearer@earthlink.net
Vice-Chair: Michael Testerman
314 North 27th St., Richmond, VA 24555
testertrain@erols.com
Executive Director: Dave Foster
(See announcement)
342 High Street, Salem, VA 24153
railsolution@aol.com
Treasurer: Walter Clark
Box 2, Maurertown, VA 22644
wclark@shentel.net
Secretary: Hunt Riegel
4005 Forge Road, Glasgow, VA 24555
hriegel@hughes.net
Committee Chairs:
Education: Annie Krochalis
anniekrochalis@swva.net
Fund Raising: Harriet Hodges
kapok@earthlink.net
Membership & List-Serve Subscription: Bob Peckman
bob@peckmanjazz.com
Web Manager: Shawn Spencer
(please report broken links)
shawnspencer@cox.net
Among the many volunteers and organizations who
have contributed their time and efforts to our cause, we would like to
give special thanks to JDG Communications, Inc. http://www.jdgcommunications.com
for our logo and countless hours donated to various design projects.
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NEXT MEETING:
June 7th at 10am
Salem, VA
OF INTEREST
CSX's Innovative I-95 Corridor Proposal
Rail: Perpetually Underfunded
2006 Recap
PROBLEMS
with the
Tier 1 EIS
-Overview of DEIS.
-RS Response
-VDOT I-81 Site
-Write to VDOT>
-EIS Process Overview
Concerns for:
-Local Leaders
-Business Leaders
-Historic Sites
-Railroad Fans
-Environmentals
MEDIA COVERAGE
-Editorials/News
-Letters to Editor
LEARN MORE
RAIL Solution's I-81 Transportation Issues & Priorities
Maximize Rail/ Minimize Road Expansion
RESOURCES
-VA Gen. Assembly
-Analysis & Reports
-EIS Process
-PPTA Process
-Media Contacts
-Links
-Contact Us
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