[OKC] HELP SAVE OKC UNION STATION’S RAIL TERMINAL!!

[Susie Shields]

>"WHY OKC UNION STATION RAIL TERMINAL IS IMPORTANT AND HOW WE CAN SAVE IT!!"
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>Join ONTRAC's Marion Hutchison for a presentation and/or see action alert
>below
>(Oklahomans for New Transportation Alternatives Coalition - ONTRAC)
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> April 14 - 7:00 p.m.
>Gold Dome (2nd floor) - NW 23rd & Classen - OKC 
>(enter through west door by the Prohibition Room restaurant)
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>Oklahoma City Union Station’s terminal facility provides us a rare
>opportunity to:
>(a) quickly and affordably develop an effective commuter rail and light
>rail system that will serve the Oklahoma City metropolitan 
>area and Central Oklahoma well into the future,
>(b) take advantage of significant federal funding for rail transit hubs and
>systems, 
>(c) ensure the transportation and economic future for the Oklahoma City
>metropolitan area and Central Oklahoma
>(d) anchor and stimulate Oklahoma City’s important and valuable Core to
>Shore redevelopment plans, and
>(e) reduce ozone and green house gases.
>
>A decision to resolve this issue in favor of preserving the Union Station
>Terminal Facility by the Oklahoma City Council could end the standoff.
>Support is growing in the community and on the City Council. It is a win
>/win solution that would provide the multimodal rail hub and infrastructure
>so critical to a successful public transportation system. 
>
>Please contact the Oklahoma City Council members today!  Go to
>www.okc.gov/council  and send them emails asking them to support the effort
>to preserve the Union Station Rail Hub. You can also read the Oklahoma
>Chapter’s Resolution to preserve the terminal on our website
>www.oklahoma.sierraclub.org/conservation and more information is available
>here: www.ontracok.org
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>According to Charles Wesner, Oklahoma Sierra Club Chapter Chair, this issue
>is still in flux. It’s still not too late for Oklahoma to join the rest of
>the modern rail transit world. We can save Union Station’s terminal
>facility and rail connections, finish the new Crosstown and develop a
>commuter rail system. A slight shift of a small segment of the highway
>alignment 150 feet south and providing an overpass of the Tulsa to Lawton
>line is all that is needed. Highway engineers have confirmed that this
>solution clearly exists. No construction on the Cross Town has been done
>that cannot be tied in to the changes we need. It can be done affordably
>and timely.  It can be done without impacting the Little Flower Church. It
>can be done on land already owned by the state. It can be done without
>eliminating existing and proposed park areas.  Most likely, there would be
>federal funding available. All it takes is some vision, leadership and
>cooperation.  
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>The proposed I-40 Crosstown has been stymied by action at the Federal
>Surface Transportation Board.  This delay and the Obama Administration,
>with its commitment to restoring the nation’s rail infrastructure, can be a
>game changer ... but we must follow 
>through!!!!
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