Our Campaign for FY2010

New England Rail Coalition letter to Conference Committee

"Opinion: High speed rail needs Feinstein's help"
Nov 3, Mercury News
by California Senator Dean Florez, majority leader of the California Senate, and Erin Steva, transportation advocate for the California Public Interest Research Group

Letter from Illinois Senator Martin Sandoval, Chairman of the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee, to Senator Richard Durbin

Our team on Capitol Hill

 
John Krieger, US PIRG Staff Attorney (left) and Danny Plaugher, Executive Director of Virginians for High Speed Rail (middle) with House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (Virginia).   Danny and John with Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson (Illinois) outside her office.
     
 
Danny and John with Congressman Tom Perriello (Virginia) outside of the Transportation and Infrastructure Hearing on High Speed Rail.   John and Danny meeting with Congressman John Olver (Massachusetts) in his office.
     

Press conference at Chicago's Union Station on December 1, 2009.

 
Richard Harnish, Executive Director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association.   Illinois Representative Elaine Nekritz, Chair of the Illinois House Railroad Committee.
     
 
Lawrence Morrissey, Mayor of Rockford, Illinois.   Illinois Representative LaShawn Ford.
     
 
Illinois Senator Mike Jacobs.   Brian Imus, Illinois PIRG.


Supporters

National Organizations
Transportation for America
National Association of Railroad Passengers
US Public Interest Research Group
Environment America
National Association of Retired & Veteran Railway Employees
Reconnecting America
RailAmerica, Inc.
US High Speed Rail Association
Alstom Transportation
United Transportation Union
 
Regional Organizations
Northeast
Active Williamsburg Alliance
American Advocates for High Speed Rail
Arlington Coalition for Sensible Transportation
Balfour Beatty Rail Inc.
Conservation Law Foundation
Copenhaver, Inc.
Electric Vehicle Association
Hatch Mott MacDonald – Consulting Engineers (NJ)
KECG, LLC
Leeland Station Community Association
Midlothian Legal Associates PLC
New England Rail Coalition
New Jersey Bicycle Coalition
New Life Fellowship Church
NJPIRG
Pennsylvanians for Transportation Solutions
Pioneer Valley Advocates for Commuter Rail
Planning Commissioners Journal
RAIL Solution
Renew Lehigh Valley
Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau
Rochester Rail Transit Committee
Rockbridge Area Conservation Council
SMARTRAIL Rail Proposal
TND Planning Group
Town of Ledyard, CT
Transport Workers union Local 225 Branch 4
Urban Bike Project of Wilmington, Inc
Vermont Rail Action Network
Vermonters for a Clean Environment
West Ward Neighborhood Partnership
Southeast
Active Williamsburg Alliance
Arlington Coalition for Sensible Transportation
Carolinas Association for Passenger Trains
Congress for the New Urbanism‐DC
Closed‐End Fund Advisors
Dover Kohl & Partners Town Planning
Fredericksburg Regional Alliance
Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Harvey Broome Group Sierra Club
Leeland Station Community Association
Livable Communities Coalition
Richmond Visitors and Convention Bureau
Rockbridge Area Conservation Council
Smart Growth Partnership
South Florida Audubon Society
Virginia Beach Vision
Virginians for High Speed Rail
Midwest
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability
ARCADIS US. Inc
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Local 131 (IL)
Building Industry Assoc. of Clark County, OH
The Center for Jungian Studies
Champaign County Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Sustainable Manufacturing Center
Citizens for Modern Transit
City of Bayfield, WI
City of Eau Claire, WI City of Fort Wayne, IN
City of Lima, OH
City of Lynwood, IL City of Oconomowoc, WI
City of Riverside, OH
City of Wausau, WI
Citizens for Modern Transit
CityWheels Carsharing Club
Columbus Chamber (OH)
Consulting In: Motion
Decatur Amtrak Coalition
The Downtown Partnership
Dream Development Corp.
Durand Union Station
Elematic Inc.
Envision 2010 ‐ RIDE THE RAIL Eau Claire Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (WI)
Fahrenholz Clock & Watch
FB International LLC
Fort Wayne Downtown Economic Improvement District
Harker, Baggott & Hall
Hatch Development Group
Health by Design
Healthy interactions
Heffer Industries Inc
Heritage State Bank
Homewood Rail Committee
GRAEF
Grass Lake Charter Township, MI
Indiana Citizens' Alliance for Transit
Indiana Design Consortium Inc.
Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers
Indiana Citizens' Alliance for Transit Joliet Region Chamber Of Commerce and Industry
KECG, LLC
Kewanee Chamber of Commerce (WI)
Lake County Transportation Alliance (IL)
Legat Architects
Logan Square Chamber of Commerce
Mahoning River Corridor Initiative
Mahoning Valley Green Party
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz of Madison, WI
Michigan Environmental Council
Midwest High Speed Rail Association
Murphy/Jahn Architects (IL)
New Life Fellowship Church
NEWRails
Northern Flyer Alliance
Northern Inter-Continental Enterprises, Inc.
Northern Lights Express
Pancner Psychiatric Associates
Pleasant Percolators
Priority Delivery Service
Prorail
Railworks Track Services, Inc.
Ride the Rail Dubuque Envision 2010 Rail Passenger Initiative
Risk Management Foundation (IL)
RR Holistic Health (MI)
Transportation Riders United
Santa Teresa de Avila Episcopal Church (IL) Sound Learning
Shreiner Creasing Matrix
Frederic B. Slete, DDS, PC
Sound Learning
South Suburban Chamber of Commerce
Square River Productions, LLC
Will County Executive Office
Will County Governmental League, IL
Will County Center for Economic Development
Village of Grafton, WI
Will County CED
WISPIRG
Yoga Institute of Champaign-Urbana
West
ARCADIS US Inc.
Bay Area Council
Building Industry Association of Clark County
California High Speed Rail Blog
Californians for High Speed Rail
City of Eugene, Oregon
"InSync Learning, LLC" Home School
Joonto, Inc.
MSL Consulting
Northern Flyer Alliance
Northern Inter‐Continental Enterprises, Inc (AK)
Oklahoma Passenger Rail Association
Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology
Platform Associates
Siskiyou Breeze Support Group
Texas Rail Advocates
thinkMetric Transportation Consulting
Triangle Railroad Holding Co.
University of Utah Planning Students' Organization
Zee Va
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