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Ohio and Hawaii are the only states among the top 17 most densely populated lacking state-supported passenger rail programs. Why?
Because Hawaii is an island and Ohio pretends to be one.
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CLEVELAND-TOLEDO-CHICAGO CORRIDOR PUBLIC INVESTMENT SUMMARY
Many people may be surprised at how many publicly funded projects were completed since 2005, are under construction right now, or are funded to begin within the next two years in the Cleveland - Toledo - Chicago (CTC) Corridor. How many projects? How about $370 million worth? All of these improvements will be beneficial to the existing four daily Amtrak passenger trains which travel the length of this corridor and will enable further service expansion. These projects don’t include those wholly funded by the freight railroads....
http://members.cox.net/ohiohsr/Ohio-Funded%20passenger%20rail%20projects.pdf
Also in this document is a similar roster of projects totaling $93 million in the 3C Corridor. This doesn’t include the pending $400 million federal grant awaiting State Controlling Board approval for the start-up of 3C passenger service.
So the next time someone says nothing is going in the CTC Corridor, tell them more is going on there right now than in the 3C Corridor!!
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LINKING OHIO CAMPAIGN
Go to All Aboard Ohio’s new campaign at linkingohio.com to send a letter to your STATE LEGISLATORS or to support ongoing activities for bringing high-quality passenger rail service to Ohio, click on the Linking Ohio logo…
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HELP IN CONTACTING YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS
For background information in writing letters to the editor, to your legislators or others, please click on the image below to view the Mythbusters document
Feel free to share this link or the entire document with whomever you wish!
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"JOIN US” FEATURES ARE NOT WORKING
Please note that the “Join Us” features on this site are not functioning properly. Repairs are being made. Until then, you can still join All Aboard Ohio through this site by clicking HERE.
Please send us a confirmation e-mail with your name, address, phone number and membership amount to: kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org. After clicking HERE please submit payment at one of these one-year membership levels:
$100+ Club Car
$50 First Class
$35 On Board
$26 On Track (fixed income, military, student)
Or, you can join via regular mail by check or money, by printing and mailing the clip-out coupon available at:
http://freepdfhosting.com/001e2d5b8f.pdf (2.4mb download PDF)
Please mail the coupon and payment to:
All Aboard Ohio
309 South 4th St., #304
Columbus, OH 43215-5428
Please call our Columbus office at 614-228-6005 or our Cleveland office at 216-288-4883 if you have any questions.
Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to repair and improve our website!
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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS.....
Note that the COLUMBUS meeting had to be moved from the second Saturday of the month due to a scheduling conflict.
MARCH
3rd—6:30-7:30 p.m.—All Aboard Ohio CINCINNATI Local Meeting—Cincinnati Union Terminal TOWER A, 1301 Western Avenue. Topics: 3C Corridor campaign issues including communications to local media and state legislators; discussion of CUT access. Contact All Aboard Ohio Cincinnati Regional Coordinator Beau Tuke at beautuke@yahoo.com
13th—10 a.m. to noon—All Aboard Ohio CLEVELAND Local Meeting—Karl’s Inn of the Barristers, 1264 West 3rd Street, downtown. Topics: 3C “Quick Start” campaign; transit funding issues. Donations encouraged. Coffee and juice. Contact Ken Prendergast at 216-288-4883.
13th—10 a.m. to noon—All Aboard Ohio TOLEDO Local Meeting— MLK Jr. Plaza Station, 415 Emerald Ave., Toledo, OH. Topics: Discover Rail Day events planning and coordination. Donations encouraged. Coffee and juice. Contact Bill Gill at 419-536-1924.
20th—10 a.m. to noon—All Aboard Ohio COLUMBUS Local Meeting— Grandview Public Library, 1685 West First Avenue. Topics: 3C “Quick Start” campaign; transit funding issues. Donations encouraged. Coffee/juice/danishes. Contact Larry Robertson at 614-459-0359.
24th—noon to 1:30 p.m.—All Aboard Ohio YOUNGSTOWN Local Meeting—Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber, 11 Central Square, 17th Floor conference room, downtown Youngstown. Topics: CLE-PIT passenger rail outreach and coalition building. Brown bag lunch but chamber will supply beverages. RSVP to Shari Budge at the chamber at 330-744-2131, ext. 31 or shari@regionalchamber.com
For information on how to organize a local meeting in your community, contact All Aboard Ohio Executive Director Ken Prendergast at 216-288-4883 or kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
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Announcement of federal funding for the startup phase of 3C Passenger Rail
January 28, 2010
Courtesy of The Ohio Channel
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CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO READ MORE....
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All Aboard Ohio has united with nearly 20 (and growing!) other organizations in a new coalition to save, improve and expand public transportation services in Ohio. The coalition is called SAVE TRANSIT NOW, MOVE OHIO FORWARD!
To see the extent of the crisis and what you can do to help, go to the coalition’s page at:
http://www.policymattersohio.org/SaveTransitNow.htm
Also, see the Dec. 31 announcement of the coalition at “News Releases” at left. With your help, we can reverse the “Death by a thousand cuts” policy approach to public transit in Ohio. Please also download, print and responsibly distribute our “SAVE TRANSIT” FLIER:
Thank you!
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Please see NEWS RELEASES at left for important news and reports released by All Aboard Ohio:
+ OHIO TRANSIT SHUTDOWN - WHO’S NEXT?
+ OHIO TRANSPORT REPORT CARD - A LUMP OF COAL!
+ OPERATION: SUSTAIN TRANSIT
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Download All Aboard Ohio’s newest membership brochure:
CLICK HERE FOR BROCHURE PANEL-1 (1.3mb download PDF)
CLICK HERE FOR BROCHURE PANEL-2 (2.4mb download PDF)
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RENEWALS! Membership renewals for 2010 were put in the mail the week of December 14. Please renew at a higher rate if you can—2010 will be even more active than 2009 was. We cannot advocate for better trains and transit without you!
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Do all your shopping at goodshop.com and help All Aboard Ohio!
Do your shopping online and don’t forget to do it through GoodShop.com! When you click on GoodShop.com and name All Aboard Ohio as the benefitting charity, the campaign for better passenger trains and public transportation in Ohio will receive up to 30 percent of your purchase as a donation. It’s that simple!
There are 1,000 great retailers participating in goodsearch.com’s “GoodShop” program. They include Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, eBay, Land’s End, Overstock.com, PetSmart, Priceline, Saks Fifth Avenue, Target, Travelocity, Walgreen’s, WalMart and more.
You can also do Internet searches through Goodsearch.com and All Aboard Ohio will get a donation from that activity, too.
Also, don’t forget to make your food buys and other purchases at GFS Marketplace. If you do, mention you want to donate part of your purchase to All Aboard Ohio. Ask the checkout clerk or the store manager to look up All Aboard Ohio as a participating charity. For more information, see our June 23, 2009 press release at http://www.allaboardohio.org for details.
Thank you for thinking of All Aboard Ohio when making your purchases! When you do, we’ll be able to more effectively advocate for quality passenger trains for Ohio.
--Ken Prendergast, Executive Director, All Aboard Ohio
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State support for 3C: $17M; Public benefit: $111M+
The final score of the federal and state investment in the 3C “Quick Start” plan for passenger rail linking Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati is the reason why this project should be embraced. It’s the same reason why the state’s massive promotion of other modes of transportation was undertaken—because of the payback to the state’s economy was projected to exceed the public investment. What is the 3C “Quick Start” passenger rail plan’s FINAL SCORE? .....
State support for 3C: $17 million;
Public benefit: $111 million+
To learn more about the Final Score for 3C “Quick Start”, download All Aboard Ohio’s report:
DOWNLOAD ALL ABOARD OHIO REPORT HERE
All Aboard Ohio encourages you to share the full report with others. Also, please see our press release on this important document at:
With 3C “Quick Start” passenger trains slated to be the least expensive way of traveling in Ohio’s most populous travel market, Ohioans could end up saving more than $36 million per year, or more than double the state’s proposed contract with an operator to run the trains. That’s just part of the economic impact story according to the report released by All Aboard Ohio.
Ohioans will still be making trips in the Cleveland – Columbus – Cincinnati (3C) Corridor but for less money. Those savings, plus increased travel resulting from the 3C “Quick Start” trains, could stimulate additional consumer spending of $111 million per year. In other words, the annual economic benefit of 3C “Quick Start” would equal the estimated one-time start-up investment of up to $517 million in less than 5 years, and exceed the combined start-up investment and cumulative annual operating contract payments in just 5½ years.
The state needs to jump on board this economic engine before it leaves the station!
How can you help? Contact your state legislators (you have one state representative and one state senator) in Columbus today!
The Ohio House of Representatives
http://www.house.state.oh.us/
The Ohio Senate
http://www.senate.state.oh.us/
Thank you for your help in making this argument for improving your transportation freedom of choice in Ohio.
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Office: (614) 228-6005