UPDATE: You can now view SLIDES AND FULL RECORDING of the BRIEFING!
You’re Invited to a a Briefing on the Amtrak Cascades
You are invited to attend a briefing on how to achieve faster, frequent, and reliable intercity passenger train service connecting the Pacific Northwest along our North-South corridor. Join us! Sign Up Here  WHAT: Advocate Insider Briefing – Amtrak Cascades WHEN: Wednesday, July 31st, 6:00p – 7:00p PT WHERE: Zoom (virtual) RSVP: Sign Up Here WHY: Well-planned rail is a climate and equitable transportation solution, and urgent action is needed! This is an exciting time for the Amtrak Cascades corridor, an opportunity to develop excellence in passenger rail service for mobility, transportation equity, energy savings, and emissions reduction. The timing is crucial for making improvements while federal money is available. Today’s slow, unreliable service is not acceptable — we need a plan with ambitious state goals that serves the traveling public to deliver faster, frequent, reliable service. WHO: The Briefing is hosted by the Rail Can’t Wait Campaign, a coalition of advocates for mode shift of passengers and freight from planes and highways to trains. Presenters will include expertise from Solutionary Rail, Climate Rail Alliance, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, and 350 Seattle, including Thomas White, rail expert and co-author of the Long Range Plan for Amtrak Cascades (2006). TOPICS: The briefing will cover Washington State’s newly revised plans for Amtrak Cascades and why they’re inadequate for meeting our challenges. We will share our analysis and our top priorities for improving the Amtrak Cascades. You can ask questions and make comments, and we’ll offer specific ways individuals and organizations can make an impact. Please RSVP and join us Wednesday, July 31. Feel free to share this invite with interested persons in your network! Rail Can’t Wait Campaign Solutionary Rail info@solutionaryrail.org Climate Rail Alliance info@climaterailalliance.org Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility www.wpsr.org/transportation 350 Seattle aviationteam@350seattle.org |