No one said it would be easy. We send $38 million a year to the MBTA, benefiting Boston, and naturally Boston wants to keep it. Here's an editorial in the Boston Herald, slamming a project that will connect us with New York: "A Railroad to Nowhere." Is it the Berkshires that is "nowhere," or are they [...]
The Berkshires have been losing population for several decades and are projected to continue to lose population into the foreseeable future. Over the last two decades, the majority of this loss has been among young adults.The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC), which also did a study of the economic benefits of passenger rail, is now [...]
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The HouBike Committee based in Cornwall, CT , is promoting stations/trails connections for the Housatonic Corridor passenger train line. Rails with trails is a way of attracting tourists and bringing tourism dollars to a region without adding cars. Read more at Rails with Trails or contact Patrick H. Hare, Consultant to the HouBike Committee, hareplanning@yahoo.com, [...]
Our focus is bringing back passenger train service but at the Train Campaign we are interested in other forms of transport, too. And we welcome discussion and debate, so we’re sharing a debate about whether bus service could be a substitute for trains – or, as we believe, an essential adjunct to rail. Please join the [...]
The hearing started at 12:30pm on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in Hartford. The first person to testify on any related bill was Senator Michael McLachlan, Republican from Danbury. He testified on Senator Clark Chapin's bill which calls for a study of the proposed railway service. Chapin's district is next to McLachlan and both are Republicans. [...]
My name is Susan Clayton, a member of North Canaan's Board of Selectmen, here today in support of a bill H.B. 6343, on behalf of our community's efforts, calling for restoration of these State rails leased by Housatonic Railroad, whose freight operation is critical to North Canaan's economy. Housatonic Railroad currently serves two of North [...]
We've been receiving copies of your terrific emails to the Transportation Committee of the CT General Assembly and have permission to share one, from Nat Karns, that gives a succinct history of the project as well as a compelling plea for action. Feel free to draw on these ideas as you write your own email [...]
There was lots of press coverage of the Rally for the Rail held in North Canaan on Saturday, January 31st. Here is a sampling: Waterbury Republican American Torrington Register Citizen Berkshire Edge Berkshire Record Norfolk Hamlet Hub We'll share more links as we have them, and welcome news clips from you.
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