November 26, 2007
Save The Eastside Rail & Trail

Free. Register with Jennifer Zucati at jenniferz@discovery.org AND John Earling, at jearling@discovery.org.

Join Cascadia Center at the Columbia Winery in Woodinville, 4:00 p.m to 7:30 p.m., Monday November 26, 2007. (Directions & map). Refreshments will be served.

BACKGROUND - RIPPING UP COMMUTER RAIL TRACKS IS THE WRONG MOVE, AT THE WRONG TIME. King County and the Port of Seattle have announced a Memorandum of Understanding to acquire the 42-mile Renton to Snohomish Burlington Northern 7 Sante Fe rail corridor for public ownership. That is great. Under the agreement, however, the 31- mile section from Woodinville to Renton would be torn up for a trail only. We can have both in the near future at an affordable price!

PROGRAM: The forum features former BNSF Operations Director Read Fay who will outline the real cost of track repairs. Other topics of discussion include Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) passenger cars - which are low cost, fueled by biodiesel, and can accommodate bicycles - and how to integrate public and private funding for neighborhood stations and track improvements.

REGISTER: Register now with Jennifer Zucati at jenniferz@discovery.org AND John Earling at jearling@discovery.org.



Come learn more about this important regional transportation asset, and why it must be preserved. Come to show your support.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

"Preserve Eastside Rail Line For Snohomish Transit Link," Bruce Agnew, Seattle Times, Oct. 31, 2007

"Rails And Trails Could Easily Co-exist On Eastside," Bruce Agnew, Puget Sound Business Journal, October 5, 2007

Eastside Commuter Rail Station Sketches, J. Craig Thorpe, for Cascadia Center.