This Week News : Agency awarded passenger rail grant
Retrieved 01 October 2008 at 1605 from:
http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/marysville/stories/2008/09/26/Rail.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104
This is great news! The Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC - See link under my "links I like") was awarded $62,500 from the Federal Rail Administration to study the feasibility of reviving passenger rail to more portions of Ohio. According to the article the Cleveland - Columbus - Cincinnati would service nearly 60% of the State's population - many of whom have not had passenger rail service since 1971.
I for one, applaud the efforts of Gov. Strickland and the ORDC to bring passenger rail back to Ohio. I have traveled by rail, and depending on the destination, prefer it. Some locations I went to include Toronto, Ontario, NYC, and Philadelphia, however - to go to NYC & Philly I had to drive to Pittsburg to catch a train and to go to Canada I drove up to Niagara Falls, NY... Having to drive hours just to get to a train and leaving your vehicle in some scarry looking lot in a city far from home is not the way to attract passengers. This step to bringing rail closer to more citizens is a much more effective way of increasing ridership!
Hopefully this study will bear out evidence that people will utilize rail options if they are made available to us.
Retrieved 01 October 2008 at 1605 from:
http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/marysville/stories/2008/09/26/Rail.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104
This is great news! The Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC - See link under my "links I like") was awarded $62,500 from the Federal Rail Administration to study the feasibility of reviving passenger rail to more portions of Ohio. According to the article the Cleveland - Columbus - Cincinnati would service nearly 60% of the State's population - many of whom have not had passenger rail service since 1971.
I for one, applaud the efforts of Gov. Strickland and the ORDC to bring passenger rail back to Ohio. I have traveled by rail, and depending on the destination, prefer it. Some locations I went to include Toronto, Ontario, NYC, and Philadelphia, however - to go to NYC & Philly I had to drive to Pittsburg to catch a train and to go to Canada I drove up to Niagara Falls, NY... Having to drive hours just to get to a train and leaving your vehicle in some scarry looking lot in a city far from home is not the way to attract passengers. This step to bringing rail closer to more citizens is a much more effective way of increasing ridership!
Hopefully this study will bear out evidence that people will utilize rail options if they are made available to us.
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