[RP TownTalk] MARC Cornerstone Plan
Dwight Holmes
dwightrholmes at gmail.com
Fri Dec 6 15:51:26 UTC 2019
Wikipedia's "MARC Train" page has a good summary of the O'Malley 2007
proposals for expansion & improvements, here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARC_Train#Proposals_for_service_expansion
The Camden Line mention there is this: "Increased mid-day service and reverse
commute <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_commute> service on the
Camden and Brunswick Lines. As of 2015, there is a somewhat limited reverse
commute service in effect on the Camden Line
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Line>."
That last line is a reference to the 3:30 Union Station departure that
skips Riverdale Park but stops in College Park on its way to Dorsey (not
Camden Yards).
_____________________________________
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On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 10:27 AM Faulx, Aaron <ACFaulx at fcps.edu> wrote:
> I was excited to see the recommendations put forward by the MARC
> Cornerstone Plan for RP and Camden Line expansion. I'll bring up the issue
> at our December work session in order to develop a plan moving forward to
> advocate on behalf of expansion.
>
> Aaron
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> 1. Festival of Lights trolley elf volunteers (Jim Coleman)
> 2. Re: MARC Cornerstone Plan (Caitlin Harwood)
> 3. Re: MARC Cornerstone Plan (Gmail)
> 4. Re: MARC Cornerstone Plan (Sarah Wayland)
> 5. Re: MARC Cornerstone Plan (Dwight Holmes)
> 6. Re: MARC Cornerstone Plan (Sarah Wayland)
> 7. College Park Academy Joins RPBA (Jeffrey Yorke)
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> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 08:25:20 -0500
> From: Jim Coleman <rpkfarmmkt at gmail.com>
> To: Town Talk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
> Subject: [RP TownTalk] Festival of Lights trolley elf volunteers
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> Hi,
> It?s Jim Coleman of the farmers market. We had some last minute
> cancellations for trolley elves for December 14Th so we need more. Can you
> help us? The job is basically navigating the trolley and caroling all the
> way to the market and from Riversdale Mansion.
> The hours are 515 to about 815 PM. Please contact me if you have any
> questions.
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Coleman
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> From: Caitlin Harwood <caitlinharwood at gmail.com>
> To: Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Jonathan W. Ebbeler" <jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com>,
> "towntalk at riverdale-park.org" <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] MARC Cornerstone Plan
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> I have actually reached out to our councilman Aaron Faulx about this. He
> said it has to go to the State level and be brought up at a meeting in
> which state reps are present. Hoping that happens soon. My low bar
> suggestion is to have the 2 trains that currently pass through RP but don?t
> stop actually stop there. (There?s one around 8:30 am and one around 5:30
> pm coming back from DC.)
> I?m personally willing to take signatures from town members in support of
> it, but until it gets on the docket at the state level, there would be no
> platform to show such signatures.
>
> Caitlin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Dec 4, 2019, at 5:46 PM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Get more of your friends, colleagues and neighbors to board the train at
> RP! Give 'em all the selling points: Inexpensive vis-a-vis Metro (even
> moreso if you have federal commuting benefits through your employer), free
> parking!, 10 minutes to Union Station!)
> > It's a numbers game. While ridership has increased at our station, it's
> increased up and down the line and we are still one of the low-ridership
> stations.
> >
> >
> >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:39 PM Lucy Aguirre <a.lucille.a at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Is there anything we residents can do to increase weekday service at
> the RP station?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Lucy
> >> Queensbury Rd
> >>
> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:06 PM Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Thanks, Jonathan. As the blogger says, doesn't seem to be anything
> new in there. I believe O'Malley laid out similar goals when he first
> became governor. On our Camden line, one afternoon train from Union
> Station was added (lv 3:30) but of course it doesn't stop at Riverdale Park
> Town Center station.
> >>> (Meanwhile of course they also haven't kept up with promised annual
> fare cost-of-living fare increases and it is still, by far, the Best Deal
> in Town!)
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 3:24 PM Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >>>> All
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> In case anyone is interested, and since this impacts the community as
> a whole, MARC has released their new Cornerstone Plan. It includes some
> ambitious goals like adding a third track, expanded weekday service and
> limited weekend service. You can find a copy of it here:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://s3.amazonaws.com/mta-website-staging/mta-website-staging/files/Transit%20Projects/Cornerstone/MCP_MARC.pdf
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> There is a good blog about it here (in case you want to skip reading
> 68 pages) ? :
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://ggwash.org/view/74948/is-marc-train-rail-new-cornerstone-plan-a-step-backwards
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> JWE
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> From: Gmail <jennifer.matis at gmail.com>
> To: "towntalk at riverdale-park.org" <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] MARC Cornerstone Plan
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> I would use it all the time in the summer to get to Orioles games, but the
> schedule makes it impossible.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Dec 5, 2019, at 12:26 AM, Spiro Dimakas <spiro.dimakas11 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > ?Average Daily ridership is pegged at 44 people. Get a survey together
> of those residents who use MARC/Metro and find out what station they use
> and for those that don?t use Riverdale why they don?t use it (Frequency,
> Parking, Cost, etc)
> >
> > I would hate to see them cut frequency because the ridership is that low.
> >
> > Spiro
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Dec 4, 2019, at 10:33 PM, Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Just my two cents but several years back MTA was planning on scaling
> back service altogether at the RP station. It took dragging transit
> officials before Council and reading them the riot act to get them to back
> off. If you push off advocacy to state representatives you have already
> tacitly acquiesced the point. If local voices don?t demand something, there
> is no reason for the state to advocate for the town.
> >>
> >> A great example of this is the bridge over the tracks to RP Station.
> This was completely a local effort. One of our former state representatives
> chaired the state Public Works Committee at the time but state money did
> not fund its construction. Regardless of support or lack thereof for the
> bridge construction, because it was driven by local voices it became a
> reality.
> >>
> >> Service, including continued service, will always depends on ridership
> metrics. Unfortunately many RP residents end up buttressing the CP
> ridership statistics due to the better, more frequent service at that
> station. Dwight is right - it?s the easiest way to commute into DC.
> >>
> >>> On Dec 4, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Caitlin Harwood <caitlinharwood at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ? I have actually reached out to our councilman Aaron Faulx about
> this. He said it has to go to the State level and be brought up at a
> meeting in which state reps are present. Hoping that happens soon. My low
> bar suggestion is to have the 2 trains that currently pass through RP but
> don?t stop actually stop there. (There?s one around 8:30 am and one around
> 5:30 pm coming back from DC.)
> >>> I?m personally willing to take signatures from town members in support
> of it, but until it gets on the docket at the state level, there would be
> no platform to show such signatures.
> >>>
> >>> Caitlin
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 4, 2019, at 5:46 PM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Get more of your friends, colleagues and neighbors to board the train
> at RP! Give 'em all the selling points: Inexpensive vis-a-vis Metro (even
> moreso if you have federal commuting benefits through your employer), free
> parking!, 10 minutes to Union Station!)
> >>>> It's a numbers game. While ridership has increased at our station,
> it's increased up and down the line and we are still one of the
> low-ridership stations.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:39 PM Lucy Aguirre <a.lucille.a at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>> Is there anything we residents can do to increase weekday service at
> the RP station?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thank you,
> >>>>> Lucy
> >>>>> Queensbury Rd
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:06 PM Dwight Holmes <
> dwightrholmes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> Thanks, Jonathan. As the blogger says, doesn't seem to be anything
> new in there. I believe O'Malley laid out similar goals when he first
> became governor. On our Camden line, one afternoon train from Union
> Station was added (lv 3:30) but of course it doesn't stop at Riverdale Park
> Town Center station.
> >>>>>> (Meanwhile of course they also haven't kept up with promised annual
> fare cost-of-living fare increases and it is still, by far, the Best Deal
> in Town!)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 3:24 PM Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> All
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> In case anyone is interested, and since this impacts the community
> as a whole, MARC has released their new Cornerstone Plan. It includes some
> ambitious goals like adding a third track, expanded weekday service and
> limited weekend service. You can find a copy of it here:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> https://s3.amazonaws.com/mta-website-staging/mta-website-staging/files/Transit%20Projects/Cornerstone/MCP_MARC.pdf
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> There is a good blog about it here (in case you want to skip
> reading 68 pages) ? :
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> https://ggwash.org/view/74948/is-marc-train-rail-new-cornerstone-plan-a-step-backwards
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> JWE
> >>>>>>>
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> From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] MARC Cornerstone Plan
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> I used to ride the train every day to commute up to the Baltimore Medical
> Center. I loved that train ride!
>
> I remember asking the conductor why they didn't run trains for the Orioles
> games, and he said that they used to, but some people would get *really*
> drunk at the games and the rides home were a nightmare for those who
> weren't drunk. Eventually they couldn't find conductors willing to work the
> games, and so CSX canceled the service.
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> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:54 AM Gmail <jennifer.matis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I would use it all the time in the summer to get to Orioles games, but
> the
> > schedule makes it impossible.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Dec 5, 2019, at 12:26 AM, Spiro Dimakas <spiro.dimakas11 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > ?Average Daily ridership is pegged at 44 people. Get a survey together of
> > those residents who use MARC/Metro and find out what station they use and
> > for those that don?t use Riverdale why they don?t use it (Frequency,
> > Parking, Cost, etc)
> >
> > I would hate to see them cut frequency because the ridership is that low.
> >
> > Spiro
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Dec 4, 2019, at 10:33 PM, Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> > jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just my two cents but several years back MTA was planning on scaling back
> > service altogether at the RP station. It took dragging transit officials
> > before Council and reading them the riot act to get them to back off. If
> > you push off advocacy to state representatives you have already tacitly
> > acquiesced the point. If local voices don?t demand something, there is no
> > reason for the state to advocate for the town.
> >
> > A great example of this is the bridge over the tracks to RP Station. This
> > was completely a local effort. One of our former state representatives
> > chaired the state Public Works Committee at the time but state money did
> > not fund its construction. Regardless of support or lack thereof for the
> > bridge construction, because it was driven by local voices it became a
> > reality.
> >
> > Service, including continued service, will always depends on ridership
> > metrics. Unfortunately many RP residents end up buttressing the CP
> > ridership statistics due to the better, more frequent service at that
> > station. Dwight is right - it?s the easiest way to commute into DC.
> >
> > On Dec 4, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Caitlin Harwood <caitlinharwood at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > ? I have actually reached out to our councilman Aaron Faulx about this.
> He
> > said it has to go to the State level and be brought up at a meeting in
> > which state reps are present. Hoping that happens soon. My low bar
> > suggestion is to have the 2 trains that currently pass through RP but
> don?t
> > stop actually stop there. (There?s one around 8:30 am and one around 5:30
> > pm coming back from DC.)
> > I?m personally willing to take signatures from town members in support of
> > it, but until it gets on the docket at the state level, there would be no
> > platform to show such signatures.
> >
> > Caitlin
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Dec 4, 2019, at 5:46 PM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Get more of your friends, colleagues and neighbors to board the train at
> > RP! Give 'em all the selling points: Inexpensive vis-a-vis Metro (even
> > moreso if you have federal commuting benefits through your employer),
> free
> > parking!, 10 minutes to Union Station!)
> > It's a numbers game. While ridership has increased at our station, it's
> > increased up and down the line and we are still one of the low-ridership
> > stations.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:39 PM Lucy Aguirre <a.lucille.a at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Is there anything we residents can do to increase weekday service at the
> >> RP station?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Lucy
> >> Queensbury Rd
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:06 PM Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks, Jonathan. As the blogger says, doesn't seem to be anything new
> >>> in there. I believe O'Malley laid out similar goals when he first
> became
> >>> governor. On our Camden line, one afternoon train from Union Station
> was
> >>> added (lv 3:30) but of course it doesn't stop at Riverdale Park Town
> Center
> >>> station.
> >>> (Meanwhile of course they also haven't kept up with promised annual
> fare
> >>> cost-of-living fare increases and it is still, by far, the Best Deal in
> >>> Town!)
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 3:24 PM Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> >>> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> All
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> In case anyone is interested, and since this impacts the community as
> a
> >>>> whole, MARC has released their new Cornerstone Plan. It includes some
> >>>> ambitious goals like adding a third track, expanded weekday service
> and
> >>>> limited weekend service. You can find a copy of it here:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://s3.amazonaws.com/mta-website-staging/mta-website-staging/files/Transit%20Projects/Cornerstone/MCP_MARC.pdf
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> There is a good blog about it here (in case you want to skip reading
> 68
> >>>> pages) ? :
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://ggwash.org/view/74948/is-marc-train-rail-new-cornerstone-plan-a-step-backwards
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> JWE
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 12:57:59 -0500
> From: Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> To: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
> Cc: "towntalk at riverdale-park.org" <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] MARC Cornerstone Plan
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> which reminds me of another selling point (your mileage may vary!) for the
> MARC: you can eat and drink, including alcoholic beverages, on the train!!
>
> (re baseball trains, there's this article which has a slightly different
> take on it, talks about ongoing CSX-MARC tensions, with no mention of drunk
> fan-passengers.)
> https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-03-28-1996088011-story.html
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 12:43 PM Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I used to ride the train every day to commute up to the Baltimore Medical
> > Center. I loved that train ride!
> >
> > I remember asking the conductor why they didn't run trains for the
> Orioles
> > games, and he said that they used to, but some people would get *really*
> > drunk at the games and the rides home were a nightmare for those who
> > weren't drunk. Eventually they couldn't find conductors willing to work
> the
> > games, and so CSX canceled the service.
> >
> > -Sarah
> >
> > ***
> >
> > *Sarah Wayland, Ph.D.* | www.GuidingExceptionalParents.com
> > <https://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/>
> > Supporting students with learning differences & their families
> >
> > Raising a child with challenges? Sometimes you have to First, Put On Your
> > Own Oxygen Mask:
> >
> https://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/event/winter-2020-first-put-on-your-own-oxygen-mask/
> > Class starts Monday January 13th.
> >
> > Next Book Club is Wed January 15th! Join author Carol Stock Kranowitz
> live
> > and in-person as we discuss her international best-selling book, The
> > Out-of-Sync Child:
> > https://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/maryland-book-clubs/
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:54 AM Gmail <jennifer.matis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I would use it all the time in the summer to get to Orioles games, but
> >> the schedule makes it impossible.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Dec 5, 2019, at 12:26 AM, Spiro Dimakas <spiro.dimakas11 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> ?Average Daily ridership is pegged at 44 people. Get a survey together
> of
> >> those residents who use MARC/Metro and find out what station they use
> and
> >> for those that don?t use Riverdale why they don?t use it (Frequency,
> >> Parking, Cost, etc)
> >>
> >> I would hate to see them cut frequency because the ridership is that
> low.
> >>
> >> Spiro
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Dec 4, 2019, at 10:33 PM, Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> >> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Just my two cents but several years back MTA was planning on scaling
> back
> >> service altogether at the RP station. It took dragging transit
> officials
> >> before Council and reading them the riot act to get them to back off.
> If
> >> you push off advocacy to state representatives you have already tacitly
> >> acquiesced the point. If local voices don?t demand something, there is
> no
> >> reason for the state to advocate for the town.
> >>
> >> A great example of this is the bridge over the tracks to RP Station.
> This
> >> was completely a local effort. One of our former state representatives
> >> chaired the state Public Works Committee at the time but state money did
> >> not fund its construction. Regardless of support or lack thereof for
> the
> >> bridge construction, because it was driven by local voices it became a
> >> reality.
> >>
> >> Service, including continued service, will always depends on ridership
> >> metrics. Unfortunately many RP residents end up buttressing the CP
> >> ridership statistics due to the better, more frequent service at that
> >> station. Dwight is right - it?s the easiest way to commute into DC.
> >>
> >> On Dec 4, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Caitlin Harwood <caitlinharwood at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> ? I have actually reached out to our councilman Aaron Faulx about this.
> >> He said it has to go to the State level and be brought up at a meeting
> in
> >> which state reps are present. Hoping that happens soon. My low bar
> >> suggestion is to have the 2 trains that currently pass through RP but
> don?t
> >> stop actually stop there. (There?s one around 8:30 am and one around
> 5:30
> >> pm coming back from DC.)
> >> I?m personally willing to take signatures from town members in support
> of
> >> it, but until it gets on the docket at the state level, there would be
> no
> >> platform to show such signatures.
> >>
> >> Caitlin
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Dec 4, 2019, at 5:46 PM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Get more of your friends, colleagues and neighbors to board the train at
> >> RP! Give 'em all the selling points: Inexpensive vis-a-vis Metro (even
> >> moreso if you have federal commuting benefits through your employer),
> free
> >> parking!, 10 minutes to Union Station!)
> >> It's a numbers game. While ridership has increased at our station, it's
> >> increased up and down the line and we are still one of the low-ridership
> >> stations.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:39 PM Lucy Aguirre <a.lucille.a at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is there anything we residents can do to increase weekday service at
> the
> >>> RP station?
> >>>
> >>> Thank you,
> >>> Lucy
> >>> Queensbury Rd
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:06 PM Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks, Jonathan. As the blogger says, doesn't seem to be anything
> new
> >>>> in there. I believe O'Malley laid out similar goals when he first
> became
> >>>> governor. On our Camden line, one afternoon train from Union Station
> was
> >>>> added (lv 3:30) but of course it doesn't stop at Riverdale Park Town
> Center
> >>>> station.
> >>>> (Meanwhile of course they also haven't kept up with promised annual
> >>>> fare cost-of-living fare increases and it is still, by far, the Best
> Deal
> >>>> in Town!)
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 3:24 PM Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> >>>> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> All
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In case anyone is interested, and since this impacts the community as
> >>>>> a whole, MARC has released their new Cornerstone Plan. It includes
> some
> >>>>> ambitious goals like adding a third track, expanded weekday service
> and
> >>>>> limited weekend service. You can find a copy of it here:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> https://s3.amazonaws.com/mta-website-staging/mta-website-staging/files/Transit%20Projects/Cornerstone/MCP_MARC.pdf
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There is a good blog about it here (in case you want to skip reading
> >>>>> 68 pages) ? :
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> https://ggwash.org/view/74948/is-marc-train-rail-new-cornerstone-plan-a-step-backwards
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> JWE
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
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> From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
> To: "towntalk at riverdale-park.org" <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] MARC Cornerstone Plan
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> Interesting article Dwight. Gets right to Jonathan's point about the issue
> being that CSX is *always* trying to reduce service.
>
> >From the article:
>
> ----
>
> "CSX is trying to improve the speed and reliability of its freight service,
> and the nighttime trains returning from the ballpark often slowed down the
> already slow-moving freight and coal trains the company runs at night, Ms.
> Burns said.
>
> "In the long term," it may not be possible for freight trains and commuter
> trains to share rail lines in Maryland, she said.
>
> [snip]
>
>
> A five-year service contract with CSX expired in October. and negotiations
> on a new contract are continuing.
>
> The baseball trains were not part of the contract, and Mr. Agro said CSX
> recently has "taken the position that anything outside the contract, we're
> not doing."
>
> "I think parties are always looking for leverage in negotiations," he said,
> though adding that CSX's action reflects "genuine concern" over conflicts
> between freight and passenger service.
>
> ----
>
> CSX doesn't care about passenger service at ALL - their freight operations
> are vastly more profitable. They were granted the rights to run freight
> trains on the tracks only so long as they also provided passenger service.
>
> This is where I think it's important to remember that advocacy at both the
> local AND state level is important. The state is part of the team
> negotiating the agreements with CSX. I'm unsure how the Town is involved.
> Hopefully someone In The Know will weigh in about that.
>
> -Sarah
>
> p.s. I was reporting what the conductor told me. I wonder if that was just
> his take on his experiences, or if he was told that by his supervisors. I
> have to confess that the article has the ring of truth to it.
>
>
> ***
>
> *Sarah Wayland, Ph.D.* | www.GuidingExceptionalParents.com
> <https://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/>
> Supporting students with learning differences & their families
>
> Raising a child with challenges? Sometimes you have to First, Put On Your
> Own Oxygen Mask:
>
> https://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/event/winter-2020-first-put-on-your-own-oxygen-mask/
> Class starts Monday January 13th.
>
> Next Book Club is Wed January 15th! Join author Carol Stock Kranowitz live
> and in-person as we discuss her international best-selling book, The
> Out-of-Sync Child:
> https://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/maryland-book-clubs/
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 12:58 PM Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > which reminds me of another selling point (your mileage may vary!) for
> the
> > MARC: you can eat and drink, including alcoholic beverages, on the
> train!!
> >
> > (re baseball trains, there's this article which has a slightly different
> > take on it, talks about ongoing CSX-MARC tensions, with no mention of
> drunk
> > fan-passengers.)
> >
> https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-03-28-1996088011-story.html
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 12:43 PM Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I used to ride the train every day to commute up to the Baltimore
> Medical
> >> Center. I loved that train ride!
> >>
> >> I remember asking the conductor why they didn't run trains for the
> >> Orioles games, and he said that they used to, but some people would get
> >> *really* drunk at the games and the rides home were a nightmare for
> those
> >> who weren't drunk. Eventually they couldn't find conductors willing to
> work
> >> the games, and so CSX canceled the service.
> >>
> >> -Sarah
> >>
> >> ***
> >>
> >> *Sarah Wayland, Ph.D.* | www.GuidingExceptionalParents.com
> >> <https://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/>
> >> Supporting students with learning differences & their families
> >>
> >> Raising a child with challenges? Sometimes you have to First, Put On
> Your
> >> Own Oxygen Mask:
> >>
> https://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/event/winter-2020-first-put-on-your-own-oxygen-mask/
> >> Class starts Monday January 13th.
> >>
> >> Next Book Club is Wed January 15th! Join author Carol Stock Kranowitz
> >> live and in-person as we discuss her international best-selling book,
> The
> >> Out-of-Sync Child:
> >> https://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/maryland-book-clubs/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:54 AM Gmail <jennifer.matis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I would use it all the time in the summer to get to Orioles games, but
> >>> the schedule makes it impossible.
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 5, 2019, at 12:26 AM, Spiro Dimakas <spiro.dimakas11 at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ?Average Daily ridership is pegged at 44 people. Get a survey together
> >>> of those residents who use MARC/Metro and find out what station they
> use
> >>> and for those that don?t use Riverdale why they don?t use it
> (Frequency,
> >>> Parking, Cost, etc)
> >>>
> >>> I would hate to see them cut frequency because the ridership is that
> low.
> >>>
> >>> Spiro
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 4, 2019, at 10:33 PM, Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> >>> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Just my two cents but several years back MTA was planning on scaling
> >>> back service altogether at the RP station. It took dragging transit
> >>> officials before Council and reading them the riot act to get them to
> back
> >>> off. If you push off advocacy to state representatives you have
> already
> >>> tacitly acquiesced the point. If local voices don?t demand something,
> there
> >>> is no reason for the state to advocate for the town.
> >>>
> >>> A great example of this is the bridge over the tracks to RP Station.
> >>> This was completely a local effort. One of our former state
> representatives
> >>> chaired the state Public Works Committee at the time but state money
> did
> >>> not fund its construction. Regardless of support or lack thereof for
> the
> >>> bridge construction, because it was driven by local voices it became a
> >>> reality.
> >>>
> >>> Service, including continued service, will always depends on ridership
> >>> metrics. Unfortunately many RP residents end up buttressing the CP
> >>> ridership statistics due to the better, more frequent service at that
> >>> station. Dwight is right - it?s the easiest way to commute into DC.
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 4, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Caitlin Harwood <caitlinharwood at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ? I have actually reached out to our councilman Aaron Faulx about this.
> >>> He said it has to go to the State level and be brought up at a meeting
> in
> >>> which state reps are present. Hoping that happens soon. My low bar
> >>> suggestion is to have the 2 trains that currently pass through RP but
> don?t
> >>> stop actually stop there. (There?s one around 8:30 am and one around
> 5:30
> >>> pm coming back from DC.)
> >>> I?m personally willing to take signatures from town members in support
> >>> of it, but until it gets on the docket at the state level, there would
> be
> >>> no platform to show such signatures.
> >>>
> >>> Caitlin
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 4, 2019, at 5:46 PM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Get more of your friends, colleagues and neighbors to board the train
> at
> >>> RP! Give 'em all the selling points: Inexpensive vis-a-vis Metro (even
> >>> moreso if you have federal commuting benefits through your employer),
> free
> >>> parking!, 10 minutes to Union Station!)
> >>> It's a numbers game. While ridership has increased at our station,
> it's
> >>> increased up and down the line and we are still one of the
> low-ridership
> >>> stations.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:39 PM Lucy Aguirre <a.lucille.a at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Is there anything we residents can do to increase weekday service at
> >>>> the RP station?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you,
> >>>> Lucy
> >>>> Queensbury Rd
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:06 PM Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com
> >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks, Jonathan. As the blogger says, doesn't seem to be anything
> >>>>> new in there. I believe O'Malley laid out similar goals when he first
> >>>>> became governor. On our Camden line, one afternoon train from Union
> >>>>> Station was added (lv 3:30) but of course it doesn't stop at
> Riverdale Park
> >>>>> Town Center station.
> >>>>> (Meanwhile of course they also haven't kept up with promised annual
> >>>>> fare cost-of-living fare increases and it is still, by far, the Best
> Deal
> >>>>> in Town!)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 3:24 PM Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> >>>>> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> All
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> In case anyone is interested, and since this impacts the community
> as
> >>>>>> a whole, MARC has released their new Cornerstone Plan. It includes
> some
> >>>>>> ambitious goals like adding a third track, expanded weekday service
> and
> >>>>>> limited weekend service. You can find a copy of it here:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> https://s3.amazonaws.com/mta-website-staging/mta-website-staging/files/Transit%20Projects/Cornerstone/MCP_MARC.pdf
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There is a good blog about it here (in case you want to skip reading
> >>>>>> 68 pages) ? :
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> https://ggwash.org/view/74948/is-marc-train-rail-new-cornerstone-plan-a-step-backwards
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> JWE
> >>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>> TownTalk mailing list
> >>>>>> To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk at riverdale-park.org
> >>>>>> TownTalk-request at riverdale-park.org is for automated subscription
> >>>>>> processing only
> >>>>>> http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>> http://www.riverdaleparkmd.gov
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>> TownTalk mailing list
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> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 00:57:38 -0500
> From: Jeffrey Yorke <WashingtonInk at gmail.com>
> To: TownTalk <TownTalk at riverdale-park.org>
> Subject: [RP TownTalk] College Park Academy Joins RPBA
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> *College Park Academy Joins RPBA*
>
> *Riverdale Park, Md., Dec. 6, 2019* -- The College Park Academy (CPA)
> <https://collegeparkacademy.net/>, a Prince George?s County public charter
> school offering a rigorous college preparatory education for students in
> grades 6-12, has joined the Riverdale Park Business Association, becoming
> the group?s latest new member. RPBA, which fell dormant last year and was
> reconstituted in January 2019, represents and promotes businesses in
> greater Riverdale Park, MD.
>
>
>
> ?We are thrilled to have a learning institution of College Park Academy?s
> stature join us as we push to promote businesses in our community and to
> engage community leaders and officials in smoothing the way for business
> growth and expansion,? said Michael Herman, Esq, president of RPBA. ?The
> Academy has made impressive inroads in higher education since its founding
> in 2013 including producing its first senior graduating class last May and
> we look forward to partnering with them in the future.?
>
>
>
> The Academy is indeed unique. In addition to an impressive selection of
> course offerings which includes 13 AP courses and seven foreign languages,
> CPA students have the added benefit of access to college-level classes and
> programs, clubs, and events led by University of Maryland professors and
> students. Students are challenged academically and encouraged to excel,
> based on their own merits and not of their peers. This non-traditional
> approach to acceleration provides them with the rigor that they need to
> remain challenged. It also provides Academy teachers the opportunity to
> work closely with the students that are experiencing challenges with
> certain concepts. With the expert guidance and assistance from professors
> and students from UMD, the Academy?s faculty, staff, and students are
> challenged and supported. In fact, two CPA students in May graduated high
> school a year early, and many others graduated with college credits under
> their belts.
>
> ?We are very proud of this first graduating high school class and see in
> their success evidence that this innovative model of education works,?
> UMDPresident and Board Chair of the College Park Academy Wallace D. Loh
> said in a press release issued at the time. ?Thanks to the combined efforts
> of political leaders, the community, the university, parents, and the
> students, this public-charter, blended-learning approach is the future of
> education.?
>
> ?College Park Academy is delighted to connect to the Riverdale Park
> community,? said Duane Arbogast, Ed.D., Chief of Strategy and Innovation at
> The Children's Guild and Interim Executive Director at the Academy. ?We
> believe we this association will allow for deep relationships with local
> businesses and community leaders. We think the benefit will be mutual.?
>
>
>
> We?d love for your business to also become a member of Riverdale Park
> Business Association. Please join us at our holiday party next Wednesday,
> Dec. 11 and take the opportunity to become a 2020 member of RPBA. Meet with
> our local political and business leaders. Let's share some fellowship,
> great food and grog in the company of people who care as much as you do
> about where we live and work. Join today and get the 13th month for FREE!
>
>
>
> *WHERE*: Denizens Brewing Co., (Riverdale Park Station) 4550 Van Buren St,
> Riverdale Park, MD. 20737
>
> denizensbrewingco.com <http://www.denizensbrewingco.com/>, 240-582-6817
> <
> https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&client=safari&sxsrf=ACYBGNRXV6CwDqzmcTO2xMptUzyLZbwLaQ:1574295656405&q=Denizens&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN9fuqhPrlAhXRjVkKHZgrApQQvS4wAXoECAsQMQ&biw=1635&bih=973&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=38979194,-76981932,4058&tbm=lcl&rldimm=388031485746729017&phdesc=sdHumOgVnbE&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!1m4!1u2!2m2!2m1!1e1!1m4!1u16!2m2!16m1!1e1!1m4!1u16!2m2!16m1!1e2!1m4!1u15!2m2!15m1!1sserves_1beer!1m4!1u22!2m2!21m1!1e1!1m5!1u15!2m2!15m1!1shas_1wheelchair_1accessible_1entrance!4e2!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e3!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:9&rlst=f
> >
>
>
>
> *WHEN:* Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from 6 to 8 pm
>
>
>
> Just tell us who is coming and how many of you will join us so we can be
> prepared. RSVPs must be received by Sunday, Dec. 8. We need this to
> finalize the food to be purchased. Don't wait until the deadline. Please
> RSVP as soon as you can.
>
>
>
> *RSVP:* To Jeffrey Yorke at yorkedial at gmail.com.
>
>
>
> For more information, contact RPBA President Michael Herman at 240-508-5510
>
>
>
> *Denizens Co-Founder Is Radio Active*
>
> *Julie Verratti*, chief brand officer and co-founder of Denizens Brewing
> Co., on Thursday joined the* Kojo Nnamdi Show, (noon, *weekdays on WAMU-FM
> (88.5), as part of a panel of experts on the current success of local
> breweries, cideries and distillers. While the small business panelists
> reported that business has been good generally, there could be trouble
> ahead as Congress ponders whether to extend federal excise tax relief for
> brewers and beer importers. An increase in the tax could adversely affect
> nearly 8,000 U.S. brewers including Denizens and other local suds stops. To
> hear and learn more from Julie,
>
> https://wamu.org/story/19/12/05/local-breweries-cideries-and-distilleries-are-thriving-will-it-last/
>
>
>
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