29 April 2010

Train update

This was meant to go to the post a couple of weeks ago, sorry:

The Walk2Work train was a resounding success with 235 people catching it into Dunedin and 155 home.  Thank you everybody for supporting it.

Now we would like a train for Car Free Day 22 Sept 2010!!  We need to get funding from the NZ Land Transport Authority for this.

We had a meeting with Charlotte Flaherty from the DCC, Grant and Lynette from Taieri Gorge who have been amazing organising the Walk2Work train.  We talked about doing our own feasibilty study for a train, developing a relationship with KiwiRail, organising continuing Walk2Work and Car Free day trains, or maybe combining one of these with the suburban rail day, fixing up stations along the route (Port Chalmers have a wonderful sign at Upper Port Chalmers station now) maybe we can put signs at the other stations.  We also talked about writing to MP's for support.

If anybody would like to help out writing letters and coming to meetings please call me - Danielle:  482 1233.

There is a review of the Regional Land Transport Strategy, for the next 30 years, going on now.  Submissions will be called for later this year by the ORC.  The Regional Public Transport Plan will be reviewed next year!  

So a bit to think about!

Best wishes,
Danielle

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from Get the Train group

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