Happening Now
West Central Wisconsin Rail Coalition Annual Meeting
Date
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 8:30 AM Tuesday, January 21, 2025 11:30 AM
Location
CVTC Business Education Center 620 W. Clairemont Ave Eau Claire WI 54701
DRAFT AGENDA
| 8:00am |
Registration |
| 8:30am |
WelcomeScott Rogers, Chair, West Central Wisconsin Rail Coalition |
| 8:45am |
Keynote – The State of Play in Washington DC, and the ROI of Passenger RailJim Mathews, President, Rail Passengers Association, Washington, DC |
| 9:30am |
Ramsey County’s St. Paul Union Depot – Investment and Future[Remote], Ramsey County Regional RR Authority |
| 9:45am |
Break |
| 10:0am |
Bringing trains to West Central Wisconsin – update on the Eau Claire-Twin Cities Corridor Study
|
| 10:40am |
Long-distance trains to the NorthwestDan Bilka, President, All Aboard Northwest |
| 10:50am |
Wisconsin and Minnesota Passenger Rail updates and progress
|
| 11:20am |
Annual Business Meeting – West Central Wisconsin Rail CoalitionElection of directors |
| 11:30am |
Adjourn |
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.