3 10 11 Passenger Rail Slide PresentationUPDATE
PRESENTED BY:
Sue Hafkemeyer, Spokes person Envision Rail
PROPOSED RAIL ALIGNMENT
FROM CHICAGO TO DUBUQUE
FUNDING REQUIRED
FOR ANNUAL SUBSIDY:
$2.8 Million
Estimated Ridership: 86,100
Length of Route: 182.2 Miles
Estimated Revenue: $2 Million
FUNDING REQUIRED
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS:
$60 Million
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
STATEWIDE / REGIONAL
REGIONAL GROUP
MPOs
Rail Groups
WIDE GROUP
•All nine major cities in Iowa
•Black Hawk Rail Coalition Group (BARC)
•Cities where there is service
•Mid West Rail
DOTs
Bi-State
•Iowa DOT
•Bi-State Regional Commission
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•Bi-State Rail Coalition
STATE
•Illinois DOT
Rail
•Chamber of Commerce
•Amtrak
Dubuque
•BNSF, CN, UP
•City of Dubuque
Groups
•Dubuque County
•Iowa Assoc. of Rail Passengers
•East Central Intergovernmental Association
•Community Foundation
•Iowa Public Transit Authority
•Colleges & universities
•Economic Development & Chambers
•Envision Rail Committee
•Chamber of Commerce
COMMUNITY
COALITION
UPDATES:
•Received $300,000 from IADOT for
City of
platform construction. Solid
Passenger
Dubuque & Dubuque
Rail group
constituency for promoting Amtrak
City of County
Asbury
services
•Created an account with
ECIA/ DMATS
Community Foundation of Greater
Tri-State
Alliance
Dubuque.
Dubuque
Area
•Developed a marketing package.
Chamber of
Blackhawk
Commerce
Rail
Colleges &
•Platform study completed.
Coalition
Universities
(BARC)
•Conducted Tri-State alliance
conference –210 attendees.
Dubuque rail group got 20,000 signatures and Blackhawk Rail Coalition got around
40,000 supporting passenger rail from Chicago to Dubuque
Reasons for Success
Over 5 million visitors to the area spending in excess of $752 million
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currently in the Tri-State Area
Over 2.9 million people live within 100 miles of Dubuque/Galena
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60,000 people have signed the petitions between Dubuque and Galena
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Governors office signed 2 in 2010 MOUs in support of passenger rail
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$300,000 in funding for Dubuque platform
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Project impact of over $30 million annually
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Environmental impacts significant –Reduction of 5.7 million VMT and
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235,000 gallons of gas saved
Opportunity that may not come again like the interstate system
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Events within the community
Chamber Business PM
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City EXPO
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Annual Rail meeting
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Tri-State Alliance
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Attendance at Community events to
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promote passenger rail
ILDOT Five year Program Updates
CorridorProject Location and DescriptionEst Cost ( $ Millions)EST FY
Chicago-Dubuque: Rehab track, ties, surfaces,
Rockford - Dubuqueswitches, Crossings, signals t oprepare for 602011
resumption of passenger service.
This helps the train to travel at 79 MPH.
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This helps to reduce the travel time between
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Chicago-Dubuque and allows passenger rail to
compete with other modes of transportation
on U.S. 20 corridor.
Questions ?