posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 6:16 AM
by
Jeremy RVARC
Thoughts on the Statewide Rail Plan meeting
I attended the
Statewide Rail Plan Public Information Meeting last night. Thanks to those of you who found it through Facebook and showed up to make a comment or simple show your support through your presence.
On the whole, the comments were positive. It would have been nice to see some younger people speak - there was a lot of nostalgia-driven support for passenger rail expressed, and while there's nothing wrong with that it would have been helpful to hear some folks discuss rail as a 21st century transportation option, rather than hearkening back to the rail of the 1970s. That said, I think that DRPT got the message and I hope they take our comments seriously.