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Archive -- Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers Fall 2018 Meeting
Date
Saturday, October 27, 2018 9:00 AM Saturday, October 27, 2018 2:30 PM
Location
2810 Golf Road Pewaukee WI 53072
Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers
Fall General Membership Meeting
October 27, 2018
Ingleside Hotel ( formerly the Country Springs Hotel ), Pewaukee, WI
2810 Golf Road, Pewaukee, WI 53072; exit I 94 at Hwy T
Phone: 262-547-0201
Agenda
9:00 am Registration and Social Hour: coffee and rolls
10:00 am John Parkyn: Welcome and Remarks; WisARP President
10:10 am Dave Christianson: Executive Director, the Passenger Rail Organizing Counsel; West Central Rail Coalition; and New Ways to Consider Passenger Rail Services
11:00 am Arun Rao: Passenger Rail Implementation Manager; Wisconsin Department of Transportation: Update on Wisconsin State Passenger Rail Developments
Noon Luncheon
1:00 pm Andrew Selden: President, United Rail Passenger Alliance
Fun and Games of How Amtrak Gets Everything Backwards
1:45 pm Highlights of Rail Meetings and Updates:
Mark Quam and Al Schmitt for the Rail Passengers Association meeting in Miami; 20 minutes
Terry Brown and Nona Hill for the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission Meeting; 20 minutes
Robert Fisher or Nona Hill for the AAW Membership meeting; 10 minutes
Mark Quam for an Update on All Aboard Minnesota; 10 minutes
2:30 pm Questions, Answers and Discussion
2:45 pm Door Prizes: Mark Weitenbeck
3:00 pm Adjourn
"We would not be in the position we’re in if it weren’t for the advocacy of so many of you, over a long period of time, who have believed in passenger rail, and believe that passenger rail should really be a part of America’s intermodal transportation system."
Secretary Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Transportation
2011 Spring Council Meeting