ACTION SUGGESTED: The following opinion column questioning the wisdom of Amtrak expansion in Wisconsin using economic stimulus funds appears in Monday's...
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Madison's Capital Times today reports on what the Wisconsin Department of Transportation views as the next steps to bring high-speed rail to Wisconsin and how...
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Mar 4, 2009 9:12 pm
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ACTION SUGGESTED: After reading the following lead editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Friday, please consider responding to the question posed by the...
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Here's an announcement from the Wisconsin Association of Rail Passengers about its state spring meeting in LaCrosse at the end of the month, with details for...
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Mar 7, 2009 5:34 am
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ACTIONS SUGGESTED: Shown below is the text of two recent newspaper stories, in separate area publications, about prospects for expanded passenger rail service...
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Mar 8, 2009 7:49 am
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The Midwest High Speed Rail Association now is taking registrations for its Saturday, March 21, rail conference in Chicago. From the Association: "The country...
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Mar 9, 2009 8:55 pm
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The Ohio Legislature currently is hotly debating passenger rail expansion in that state, particularly the "3C" Corridor, a nickname for service connecting...
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Mar 10, 2009 4:37 am
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The future of commuter rail in Dane County is one of the issues in the spring race for County Executive that pits three-term incumbent Kathleen Falk against...
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Mar 11, 2009 8:36 pm
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Attached is the just-released NARP (National Association of Railroad Passengers) Guide to the 2009-2010 Congress. The four-page document includes lists of the...
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Mar 14, 2009 4:16 am
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Beech Grove's Amtrak repair facility in Indianapolis will share $82 million in federal stimulus dollars to help rebuild or repair 68 stored or damaged Amtrak...
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Mar 14, 2009 5:03 am
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USA Today Tuesday reports on the next steps for the use of the $8 billion for passenger rail improvements around the U.S. Gov. Doyle is prominently quoted and...
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Mar 17, 2009 6:20 am
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ACTION SUGGESTED: Consider attending this Wisconsin Innovation Network luncheon March 24 in Madison (see details below) which will focus on high-speed rail....
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Mar 17, 2009 7:40 pm
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FYI: Here are some additional details about how economic stimulus funding to support Amtrak improvements will be spent. (Thanks to ProRail President Keith...
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Mar 17, 2009 8:11 pm
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A plan by the Doyle administration to seek federal stimulus funds for the full cost of 110 m.p.h. Amtrak service between Milwaukee and Madison was the main...
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Mar 21, 2009 7:59 pm
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This message contains two brief informational items: -- A new Nancy Mistele ad in her race for Dane County Executive shows her promising if elected April 7 to...
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Mar 24, 2009 11:43 pm
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Here's the report from Capital Times reporter Mike Ivey on today's Wisconsin Innovation Network luncheon in Madison with the focus on high-speed rail. It...
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Mar 25, 2009 3:23 am
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There was a word missing in the Subject line of a message we sent out Tuesday. It should have read: "FYI: Dane County Exec candidate airs anti-commuter rail...
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Mar 25, 2009 6:09 am
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This message contains three items: -- Both Dane County Executive candidates outline positions on commuter rail -- Pewaukee letter writer opposes airport train...
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Mar 25, 2009 7:32 pm
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The Daily Cardinal, a weekday newspaper with 10,000 circulation serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison community, Wednesday endorsed passenger rail...
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Mar 25, 2009 8:40 pm
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Amtrak Wednesday released detailed reports how it will be using federal economic stimulus funds in Wisconsin and other states. (See the end of this message...
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Mar 26, 2009 5:22 am
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Two Dane County political figures make their points in favor of creating a Regional Transit Authority, and also tackle misconceptions about it, in a joint...
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Mar 30, 2009 8:10 pm
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The race for election April 7 as Dane County Executive could hinge on the commuter rail issue, according to reporter Mike Ivey in today's Capital Times. Here's...
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Apr 1, 2009 7:40 pm
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U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will hold listening sessions in Rock County Saturday, April 11, and in Barron and Rusk Counties Monday, April 13, his office has...
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Apr 2, 2009 4:30 pm
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The publisher of the weekly Isthmus newspaper in Madison wonders in this week's column whether Madison-area travelers will see fewer and more expensive flights...
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Apr 3, 2009 10:17 pm
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Some of those opposed to positioning Madison's Amtrak station at the airport are making themselves heard, as the following article from Friday's Milwaukee...
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Apr 4, 2009 4:36 am
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Pro-rail incumbent Kathleen Falk won reelection Tuesday as Dane County Executive, defeating anti-rail candidate Nancy Mistele. Mistele had made her opposition...
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Apr 8, 2009 6:22 am
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The Wisconsin State Journal story on Kathleen Falk's Tuesday victory in her Dane County Executive re-election bid included this analysis in noting a largely...
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Apr 8, 2009 6:55 am
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ACTION SUGGESTED: After reading the following information, consider letting the Mayor know you also support an airport location for a train station serving...
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Apr 9, 2009 7:24 pm
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A Madison designer explains a future high-speed rail travel itinerary from his house to the airport and on to downtown Chicago and back in this letter to the...
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Apr 14, 2009 6:49 am
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Eight Midwest Governors including Wisconsin Governor Doyle, and Chicago Mayor Daley, have signed on to a pro-Midwest high speed rail network letter with...