Several initiatives are brewing that could bring passenger rail to the 3C Corridor. While these do not provide service between the 3C Corridor cities, they do give Ohio cities service to a major international city of business that many Ohioans are visiting and want to visit — Chicago.
Plus other small-, medium- and large-sized cities along these three routes — from Cincinnati to Chicago, Columbus to Chicago and Cleveland to Chicago — also want faster, less expensive, less stressful and more productive travel to Chicago’s business, convention, tourist, aviation and other attractions. These non-3C Ohio cities include Bryan, Elyria, Hamilton, Hilliard, Kenton, Lima, Oxford, Sandusky, and Toledo; plus the Indiana cities of Connersville, Crawfordsville, Dyer, Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis, Lafayette, South Bend and Waterloo.
Chicago is the Economic Capital of the Midwest and Ohio cities need to have fast, comfortable and affordable access to the heart of Chicago.
These two presentations by All Aboard Ohio outline ways to provide service on these three routes, where the routes go and what some of the benefits are. The presentations were first provided at All Aboard Ohio’s Annual Meeting held May 11 in Columbus and refined based on the input provided there. It is important to emphasize that we are still very early on in this process of developing rail services in these three travel corridors. So please speak up and help shape the effort! Get involved today.
CINCINNATI-CHICAGO; COLUMBUS-CHICAGO presentation
Conceptual phased-in development of Hoosier Service
Overview of Indiana DOT’s upcoming planning process for the Hoosier Service
CHICAGO-TOLEDO-CLEVELAND-NEW YORK expansion presentation
Please write letters to public officials and newspaper editors in on-line communities. Keep your letters short and to the point.
Also, please write to Indiana Department of Transportation Legislative Affairs Director Abby Weingardt TODAY at AWeingardt@indot.IN.gov or call her at 317-234-8231 and tell her you want Indiana DOT to include a Cincinnati route extension as part of its Amtrak analysis.
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