(rshsdepot) FW: AASHTO Unveils Rail Reports Thursday

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> [Original Message]
> From: NARP <narp_@_narprail.org>
> To: NARP <narp_@_narprail.org>
> Date: 1/14/03 4:25:30 PM
> Subject: AASHTO Unveils Rail Reports Thursday
>
> To NARP Members--January 14, 2003:
>
> The American Associaton of State Highway and Transportation Officials =
> (AASHTO), at a Washington news conference (open to the public) this =
> Thursday morning, will unveil two rail reports: "Intercity Passenger =
> Rail Transportation" and "Freight Rail Bottom Line Report." AASHTO is =
> the organization of state departments of transportation.
>
> The passenger report is particularly significant because it is AASHTO's =
> first intercity passenger rail report. It has profiles of all the =
> corridors, including estimates of investment needs for various levels of =
> performance. Also in the report is a description and discussion of =
> Amtrak's long distance routes. The report says that such routes are =
> needed.
>
> The news conference is Thursday, January 16, at 9:30 AM, at the Marriott =
> Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW, (atop Metro's Woodley =
> Park/Zoo station) in Room 8226. The reports will be unveiled by New York =
> DOT Commissioner Joseph Boardman, who is chairman of AASHTO's rail =
> committee, and by AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley.
>
> The intercity passenger rail report is available for $84 (non-members) =
> and $70 (members--primarily states and provinces).=20
> https://www.aashto.org/publications/bookstore.nsf/SearchSite/4E295BA3A1BB=
> B45386256C44005390D2?OpenDocument&Highlight=3Dpassenger%20rail
>
> The rail freight report also is available and is described at =
> https://www.aashto.org/publications/bookstore.nsf/SearchSite/7408A7AF81CA=
> 499886256C440069321E?OpenDocument&Highlight=3Dfreight%20rail%20bottom%20l=
> ine
>
> --Ross B. Capon,
> NARP Executive Director


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