Help Save Missouri’s
Passenger Trains!
State budget crisis threatens to end one of the two Kansas City St. Louis trains
· The Ann Rutledge and Kansas City/ St. Louis Mules provide an important transportation service.
·
The trains serve 10 Missouri cities, creating 100 possible trips
to popular attractions such as Kansas City’s Union Station,
the Arch, Hermann, Central Missouri State Univ., Washington, the
State Fair & the State Capitol
.
Important
Facts on Missouri Passenger Train Service:
· A survey found the service well liked, with travelers giving it an 8.4 on a 1-10 scale.
· Discontinuing service would harm chances of bringing high-speed rail to Missouri.
·
25% of riders are professional or
managerial.
· 19% are college students
· 18% of passengers are retired.
· Without the train, most passengers (67%) would drive– further crowding congested I-70 and U.S. Highway 50. Only 7% would take the bus; 4% would not travel.
· Rebuilding and widening Interstate 70 is projected to cost $3 billion. That could run the $6 million a year trains - a mere .02% of the I-70 project – for 500 years.
· Rail travel is a valued link in the transportation system for a large number of people, according to a recent MODOT-funded train service study.
· The service is highly beneficial to the state – providing a fairly low-cost alternative highly valued by a significant portion (15%) of the population.
·
“The cost-benefit analysis finds that benefits to the
residents of the state of Missouri exceed its public cost.”
Write
Your State Lawmakers - Tell Them to Save Missouri's Rail
Passenger Trains!
| Governor Bob Holden Missouri
Capitol Building, Room 218, PO Box 720 Jefferson
City, MO 65102-0720 (573)
751-3222 FAX: (573) 751-1495 http://www.gov.state.mo.us/mail1.htm (e-mail link) |
Missouri Dept. of Transportation Box 270
Jefferson City, MO 65102 888-275-6636
comments@mail.modot.state.mo.us |
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| State Senate/ House of Representatives State
Capitol Building 201 West
Capitol Avenue Jefferson
City MO 65101 |
http://www.moga.state.mo.us/
Find your
state representative and senator at: |
For
information on how you can help, visit the Missouri-Kansas Rail
Passenger Coalition Web site:
