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

[Shane Hampton]

This photo gallery might be useful for anyone who is interested in  
the I-40 Project and its effects on Union Station. It shows hundreds  
of photographs that are uploaded very frequently (looks like about  
two or three times a month) of recent construction progress on the  
I-40 project.

http://www.40forward.com/gallery/default.asp? 
pid=undefined&page_size=9&sort_filter=%3C%20ALL%20CATEGORIES%20% 
3E&sort_order=descending

Shane Hampton
sh453 at ou.edu
http://rezoneokc.com

On Apr 5, 2009, at 9:49 PM, Susie Shields wrote:

>
> "WHY OKC UNION STATION RAIL TERMINAL IS IMPORTANT AND HOW WE CAN  
> SAVE IT!!"
>
> Join ONTRAC's Marion Hutchison for a presentation and/or see action  
> alert below
> (Oklahomans for New Transportation Alternatives Coalition - ONTRAC)
>
> April 14 - 7:00 p.m.
> Gold Dome (2nd floor) - NW 23rd & Classen - OKC
> (enter through west door by the Prohibition Room restaurant)
>
> 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
>
> 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.
>
> 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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