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Get passenger rail to the 3C cities!

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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.

Thanks!

Theresa Allen appointed to All Aboard Ohio board

Theresa Allen, a former two-term Blanchard Township Trustee, was appointed April 30 to an At-Large position on the All Aboard Ohio Board of Directors. All Aboard Ohio is a statewide nonprofit association which advocates for improved passenger rail and public transportation services. Mrs. Allen served on Hardin County’s Township Association’s Executive Committee as the Legislative Liaison and Liaison to the Ohio Township Association, attended all five OTA trainings on zoning and economic development, is a member of the Hardin County Business & Chamber Alliance, and was a member of the Kenton, Lima, Findlay, Marion, and Mansfield Passenger Rail Task Force. Mrs. Allen is proactive in her community and is V.P. of the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership and a member of Hardin Leadership Alumni Committee.