http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/ PRORAIL ACTION! Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:50:02 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/743 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/743 If you live in Dane County and support the creation of an RTA, please check out how your County Supervisor voted on that issue early this morning and either Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:14:53 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/742 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/742 The Dane County Board in Madison voted 20-16 with one absence early Friday morning to create a new governmental body with the power to raise a sales tax to Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:44 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/741 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/741 Wisconsin Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl Thursday urged the Obama administration to support Wisconsin's proposal for high-speed passenger rail service Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:49:03 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/740 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/740 PRORAIL'S NEXT GENERAL MEETING is set for this Saturday (Nov. 7) with rail traveler, journalist and book author Mary Bergin speaking on "Public Transport: An Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:10:59 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/739 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/739 Amtrak has released a five-year strategic plan that includes improved customer service, new trains and aggressive goals for passenger growth and revenue, Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:48:09 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/738 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/738 Here's text of the coverage by Green Bay's WLUK-TV Channel 11 of Saturday's state meeting of the Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers in Green Bay. You Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:11:26 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/737 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/737 This message contains three items of information, one of which contains a specific suggestion for action you might consider. ProRail Action ****** WISARP STATE Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:19:00 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/736 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/736 The Green Bay Press-Gazette has published a lengthy article about local interest in car- sharing and taxi-sharing as possible future public transportation Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:00:30 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/735 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/735 THE CURRENT PROJECTED STATUS OF THE MIDWEST REGIONAL RAIL SYSTEM IN WISCONSIN will be the focus of the Fall state meeting of the Wisconsin Association of Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:24:15 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/734 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/734 "Improving passenger rail service is a critical step forward toward economic growth" in Milwaukee, according to an editorial published in Tuesday's Milwaukee Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:09:24 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/733 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/733 The Wisconsin State Journal reported Saturday that the state's just-submitted application for federal passenger rail funding notes that 110-miles an hour Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:59:20 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/732 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/732 Amtrak is working with 24 states and the District of Columbia on high-speed rail applications, and the HNTB Corp. consulting firm long used by the Wisconsin Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:06:24 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/731 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/731 A National Public Radio series on high-speed rail, airing on "All Things Considered" each day this week, concludes Friday with what we're told will be a look Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:17:44 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/730 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/730 National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" Monday began a 5-day/5-part high-speed rail series. You can find part 1's audio (7 minute 42 seconds in Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:01:08 GMT ProRail OnLine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/729 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prorailaction/message/729 ProRail Action is back home after much-enjoyed trips aboard Amtrak's Cardinal, Crescent (twice), and Capitol Limited over the last couple of weeks. Now, back