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Archive -- Joint NARP Mid-Atlantic South Division / VARP 2017 Meeting
Date
Saturday, April 1, 2017 11:30 AM Saturday, April 1, 2017 3:30 PM
Location
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Saturday, April 1, 2017
11:30am - 3:30pm
Joe Theismann’s Restaurant
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Diagonal Road - Alexandria, VA (across from the King Street Metro station, which is adjacent to the Amtrak station)
- The meeting is scheduled to permit travel by Amtrak trains 20 and 88 in the morning and 19 and 147 in the afternoon.
Planned Presentations:
- Jim Mathews - President & CEO - National Association of Railroad Passengers - National Update
- Jennifer Mitchell - Director, Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation - Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation in the McAuliffe Era,
- Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation recommendations for DC-Richmond rail
- The Federal Railroad Administration’s Northeast Corridor Report
- Chuck Riecks - Vice-Chair - NARP - The Daily Cardinal Campaign
- Rafi Guroian - VARP Member - Mainstreaming passenger rail planning
Complete Meeting Information
"Thank you to Jim Mathews and the Rail Passengers Association for presenting me with this prestigious award. I am always looking at ways to work with the railroads and rail advocates to improve the passenger experience."
Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3)
February 14, 2020, on receiving the Association's Golden Spike Award