[RP TownTalk] MARC Cornerstone Plan
Dwight Holmes
dwightrholmes at gmail.com
Fri Dec 6 15:53:35 UTC 2019
Also, not our direct concern, of course, but I can't for the life of me
figure why there is not MARC service to Southern Maryland, at least as far
as Waldorf if not beyond. The tracks are there, as I understand it.
_____________________________________
"A budget is a moral document." --Jim Wallis
On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 10:51 AM Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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).
>
> _____________________________________
> "A budget is a moral document." --Jim Wallis
>
>
> 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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>> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 21:57:30 -0500
>> 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>
>> To: "towntalk at riverdale-park.org" <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
>> 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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>> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 13:59:37 -0500
>> 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
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> For more information about Riverdale Park, visit
>> >>>>>> http://www.riverdaleparkmd.gov
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>>> TownTalk mailing list
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>> >>>>> http://www.riverdaleparkmd.gov
>> >>>>>
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>> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 00:57:38 -0500
>> From: Jeffrey Yorke <WashingtonInk at gmail.com>
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>> 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/
>>
>>
>>
>> -30-
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