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DESIGN OPTIONS FOR THE NEW DOWNTOWN MADISON RAIL STATION will be the topic
for a July 29 public information meeting being hosted by the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation at the station site.
WisDOT officials will be available to answer questions between 4:30 and 7:30
p.m. about the station at the Wisconsin Administration Dept. building at 101
E. Wilson St.
Anyone unable to attend or who would like more information may visit
http://www.wisconsinrail.gov or contact Alyssa Macy at (414) 550-9407.
Written comments regarding the project can be mailed to Wisconsin Department
of Transportation, High-speed Passenger Rail Team, 433 W. St. Paul Avenue,
Suite 300, Milwaukee, WI 53203-3007. Citizens who are deaf or hard of
hearing and require an interpreter may request one by contacting Alyssa Macy
prior to the meeting via the Wisconsin Telecommunications Relay System (dial
711).
RIDE SOME OF AMTRAK'S WEEKDAY HIAWATHA TRAINS between Milwaukee and
Chicago and get entertained along with your lounge service. Then meet
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47-second video. Click here and here.
A PRO-RAIL MILWAUKEE ALDERMAN has written a "blow-by-blow political strategy
script" memo to Republican Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates Scott Walker
and Mark Neumann regarding their opposition to high-speed rail in the state.
Read it here.
THE MILWAUKEE DAILY REPORTER POLL gauging public support for more
passenger rail in Wisconsin finds 74% (based on first 480 votes) favor rail.
Vote at http://poll.fm/1r88o
DOES THE MADISON-MILWAUKEE TRAIN ROUTE QUALIFY AS HIGH SPEED RAIL? The
Wisconsin State Journal provides an answer here.
RAIL MATTERS ON TWITTER CONTINUES TO GROW. Rail Matters is another
information source from ProRail with some exclusive content. We posted our
1,500 message July 22, a few days after adding our 500th subscriber. You
can view the most recent posts on this page, or go to the Twitter page
itself at http://twitter.com/railmatters to view more posts.
PRORAIL HAS ELECTED NONA HILL AS PRESIDENT and other officers.
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ONE HUNDRED HIGH-SPEED RAIL ADVOCATES MET in LaCrosse, Wis., March 18 to
promote Amtrak's current Empire Builder route through LaCrosse, Winona, and
Red Wing to the Twin Cities as the route for new Chicago-Twin Cities fast
trains now being planned.
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WATERTOWN OFFICIALS HAVE PICKED THEIR PREFERRED station location on the planned Chicago-Milwaukee-Madison-Twin Cities route.
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MADISON MAYOR DAVID CIESLEWICZ believes high-speed rail to and through
Madison will "knit together" Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, and the Twin
Cities into one huge economically and culturally competitive community.
Worth quoting to others.
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WHAT WILL A TRIP ON A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN BE LIKE? This short video imagines
such a future trip and how you might get from your home to the train and
from the train to your destination. Sit back, enjoy -- and imagine!
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