The Blog

Inaccurate Tribune Editorial and Other News
September 29, 2012
Richard Harnish

There is a lot of good news to report from this past week and I’ll get to that in a minute.

But first, I have to deal with a rather inaccurate editorial in today’s Chicago Tribune.

Long Distance Trains - Multi-Purpose Mobility Machines
September 18, 2012
Richard Harnish

This week, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold the third in a series of hearings discussing Amtrak funding.

MHSRA applauds development of regional rail master plan
September 13, 2012
Richard Harnish

Group urges transportation partners to responsibly set stage for high-speed rail

Correction and IDOT Survey
August 31, 2012
Richard Harnish

I would like to make a correction to yesterday's email regarding Governor Quinn signing HB4078, which allows the Illinois Tollway Authority to build railroad tracks.

An important milestone, MI meetings & Locomotives
August 29, 2012
Richard Harnish

We achieved an important milestone last week. Governor Quinn signed HB4078, which allows the Illinois Toll Highway Authority to use all of its existing powers to construct railroad tracks.

New, High-Performance Locomotives on the way
August 27, 2012
Richard Harnish

Click here to download a pdf version of this page.

Illinois is leading a group of Midwestern states in a multi-state order of new, high-performance locomotives as part of a larger program to improve and modernize Amtrak service in several Midwest states, Washington State and California.

Metra Survey and Other News
August 10, 2012
Richard Harnish

Here are a couple of items to end the week:

Illinois Dept. of Transportation Seeking Comment on Draft EIS
August 07, 2012
Richard Harnish

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is conducting public meetings to solicit public comment on the Draft Tier I Environmental Impact Statement for the Chicago – St.

Union Station
July 25, 2012
Richard Harnish

This afternoon, Amtrak released a proposal to expand Washington Union Station as part of their Washington - New York - Boston high-speed rail program.

2013 High-Speed Rail Tour - China
July 18, 2012
Richard Harnish

We are beginning to work on next year's (2013) high-speed rail trip to China.

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