February 1, 2011

AORTA Bulletin, February 2011

• NARP NW Regional Membership Meeting in Portland
• Myth Busted:Roads not paid for by gas tax
• Oregon Talgo trainsets not threatened
• AORTA Annual Family Picnic
• Track improvements result in temporary schedule change
• SETD Director Cindy Howe offers resignation Board refuses to accept
• Astoria transportation center planning underway
• Ralph Munro recuperating
• Washington’s Paula Hammond elected chair of States for Passenger Rail Coalition
• Burgel: “Walk that dance” between the state & railroads
• AORTA receives $5,000 gift
• LTD opens second Springfield BRT route AORTA endorses expansion
• Bob Stewart to speak at NARP Conference in Portland
• Rail transit bills introduced in Oregon State Legislature