Director, Johnstown Community and Economic Development, Renee
Daly; President, Greater Johnstown/Cambria County Chamber of
Commerce, Robert Layo; Coordinator, Lift Johnstown, Brad
Clemenson; Executive Director, Greater Johnstown/Cambria County
Convention and Visitors Bureau, Lisa Rager; President, Blair
County Chamber of Commerce, Joseph Hurd; President,
VisitPittsburgh, Craig Davis; and Chairman, Modern Transit
Partnership, Marshall Stevens; and
WHEREAS, The existing one train a day between Harrisburg and
Pittsburgh has excellent ridership but does not meet the
transportation needs of residents in the western communities
along the line and many others who depend upon passenger rail
service to travel; and
WHEREAS, Given the existing rail line, adding service would
not require entirely new rail infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, Residents of western Pennsylvania deserve the same
consideration and opportunity for increased frequency of service
on the existing line as residents of Pennsylvania in other parts
of this Commonwealth along the Keystone line; and
WHEREAS, Western Pennsylvanians and the communities along the
Pennsylvanian would like to obtain the economic development and
environmental benefits of passenger rail travel; and
WHEREAS, Increased frequency and dependable service, rather
than increased speed, are the main priorities of the residents
of these western communities; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to the Passenger Rail Investment and
Improvement Act of 2008, Amtrak in 2010 recommended extending
Pennsylvanian service west of Pittsburgh to Cleveland and
Chicago once it had sufficient rail cars and track improvements;
therefore be it
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