States for Passenger Rail Coalition

Articles, News Releases, Bills, Testimonies, Letters & Support
5/10	Texas Joins States For Passenger Rail Coalition; National Membership Leaps To 32 States
5/10	State Rail Coalition asks Congress to provide strong support for passenger rail in 2011
5/10	State Rail Coalition Marks Celebration of National Train Day
4/10	Letter regarding FFY 2011 appropriation of funding rail related programs and activities
4/10	One Rail Climate Letter
2/10	Letter to Hon. Richard Durbin and Hon. Byron Dorgan regarding further investments in the nation's pasenger rail network from Sec. Busalacchi.
1/10	States for Passenger Rail Coalition Applauds President Obama For Historic Commitment to Passenger Rail Expansion
1/10	New Hampshire Joins States for Passenger Rail Coalition: Membership Now Totals 31 States
11/09	Rail Coalition Takes Issue with Report on Passenger Rail Subsidy Costs
11/03	Letter to Hon. Carper and Hon. Lautenberg regarding climate change bill from Sec. Busalacchi
10/22	Letter to Senators Inouye and Murray and Representatives Obey and Olver from Sec. Frank Busalacchi regarding FY 2010 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill
9/09	Letter to Hon. Corrine Brown from Sec. Frank Busalacchi regarding suggestions for rail section of Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009
8/09	Letter to Administrator Joseph C. Szabo from Sec. Frank Busalacchi regarding S4PRC to FRA recommendations on program guidance
7/09	A new emphasis is needed on passenger rail, By Frank Busalacchi
7/09	Letter to Hon. Barbara Boxer and Hon. James Inhofe from Sec. Frank Busalacchi regarding climate change legislation
6/09	Letter to Hon. Patty Murray and Hon. Kit Bond from Sec. Frank Busalacchi requesting support for Amtrak capital and operating expense funding, the Next Generation Corridor Train Equipment, Rail Cooperative Research Program and Positive Train Control
5/09	Letter to Hon. Dianne Feinstein from Eugene Skoropowski requesting financial support for Positive Train Control in Rail Safety Bill of 2008.
5/09	FRA holding High Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Workshops around the Country
5/09	Rail Coalition Marks Celebration of National Train Day
4/09	S4PRC letters to Letter to Hon. John W. Olver and Hon. Tom Latham asking for funding for Amtrak capital and operating expenses and funding for Section 305 and 306
4/09	Coalition Chair Briefed On New Funding At Special White House Guidance Session
3/09	Coalition Sees Unprecedented Benefit In Stimulus Funds for Passenger Rail projects
1/09	House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials: Hearing on Freight and Passenger Rail
1/09	Governor Doyle, Wisconsin testifies before House T&I on State’s readiness to implement Stimulus II infrastructure projects
1/8	Evaluation of High-Speed Rail Options in the Macon-Atlanta-Greenville-Charlotte Rail Corridor News Release-January 8, 2009> Introduction> Executive Summary Report
12/08	Statement on Appointment of Representative LaHood As USDOT Secretary
12/08	SPRC letters to House & Senate appropriators asking for full appropriations for provisions of HR 2095 Amtrak & Rail Safety authorizations including two key 80/20 federal/state grant programs Letter to Hon. David R. Obey & Hon. Jerry Lewis Letter to Hon. Daniel Inouye & Hon. Thad Cochran
12/08	Rail Coalition Mourns Passing of Paul M. Weyrich
12/08	Survey of State Intercity Passenger Projects proposed for Stimulus II Funding
11/08	Congress Urged to Commit Funds for Rail in Stimulus II Passenger Rail Coalition Lists $1.4 Billion In Projects Ready for Stimulus II Funding
10/08	Investing in Infrastructure: The Road to Recovery Testimony by Secretary Frank Busalacchi, Nov. 10, 2008
8/08	Cooler Corridors with Intercity Passenger Rail Building Intercity Transportation Capacity
8/08	S 294 and HR 6003 Conference Committee Recommendations
7/08	AS I SEE IT: Passenger train ridership soars along with gas prices. By Frank Busalacchi The Kansas City Star
7/08	Train Stations as Economic Growth Engines
6/08	Letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from Frank Busalacchi thanking them for work on HR 6003.
5/08	States for Passenger Rail Coalition comments to House Transportation and Infrastructure Leadership on HR-6003 from Frank Busalacchi.
5/08	Testimony on Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (HR-6003) and Rail Infrastruture Development and Expnsion Act for the 21st Century to the US House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials by Frank Busalacchi
4/08	Cooler Corridors with Intercity Passenger Rail Environmental Quality, Energy Efficiency, & Green Jobs
3/08	Letters to Senate and House Committees from Frank J. Busalacchi in support of funding Amtrak, State Capital Investment, High Speed Rail Development, Rail Line Relocation Projects and Nationwide Differential GPS. Knollenberg, Olver, Bond, Murray letters
2/08	Letter to Representative Blumenauer from Frank J. Busalacchi regarding support for capital investment in infrastructure and equipment
2/08	SPRC Comments on S 294 Prepared for House Rail Subcommittee Staff
2/08	Coalition Seeks Full Funding From Congress: 2009 White House Budget Derails Progress Amtrak Has Made by Frank Busalacchi