The Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission

Compact Language
Compact Overview

MIPRC Policy Positions

Letter to Speaker Pelosi re passenger rail investment (September 2008)
June 2008 policy positions
June 2007 policy positions
Resolution on the use of biodiesel in passenger rail (November 2006)
June 2006 policy positions
May 2005 policy positions
February 2005 letter to President re: Amtrak
June 2004 policy positions
June 2003 policy positions
June 2002 policy positions
October 2001 policy positions

MIPRC Testimony,Speeches and Articles: Commissioners and Director

MIPRC commissioner Larew's Iowa City feasibility study roll out speech 4.18.2008 
MIPRC director testimony Wisconsin 10.25.2007
MIPRC director testimony Kansas Legislature 9.13.2007
MIPRC chair Jackman testimony before House Committee 6.26.2007
MIPRC commissioner Nekritz testimony before House Committee 6.26.2007
MIPRC director testimony before the Surface Transportation Commission 4.19.2007
MIPRC commissioner study trip

MIPRC Press Releases

MIPRC news release on Midwestern states' ARRA awards (January 2010)
Midwestern states applications for ARRA passenger rail funding (October 2009)
MIPRC FY 08 passenger rail ridership figures
MIPRC Federal Priorities 6/08
MIPRC FY 07 passenger rail ridership figures
MIPRC asks Congress to preserve and expand passenger rail (June 2007)

MIPRC Meeting Agendas

June 2010
October2009
December 2008
June 2008
June 2007
November 2006
June 2006 
November 2005
May 2005
June 2004
December 2003 
October 2003
June 2003 
February 2002
December 2002
January 2001—MIPRC Inaugural Meeting

MIPRC Publications and Presentations 

MIPRC brochure on the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative
Responding Regionally: The Role of Passenger Rail in Midwestern Emergency Planning
Why promote passenger rail? 

Passenger Rail Feasibility/Capacity Studies

Feasibility Report on Chicago-Rockford-Galena-Dubuque
Missouri Freight and Passenger Rail Capacity Analysis Executive Summary
Missouri Freight and Passenger Rail Capacity Analysis Full Report
Quad Cities feasibility study

General Information

Service, Finance and Operating Characteristics of State-Supported Amtrak Trains
Cooler corridors with intercity passenger rail
Transportation for Tomorrow: Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission Report
Passenger Rail Working Group--Future of Intercity Rail Executive Summary
Passenger Rail Working Group--Future of Intercity Rail Report
Principles for high speed rail legislation
American Passenger Rail Agreement
Midwest common principles for rail development
FRA grant to ORDC

Congressional Information

MIPRC letter to Congressional Conferees to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Requests on Behalf of Midwestern States for the Federal Economic Stimulus Legislation
Midwest SAFTEA-LU projects/authorizations 

Midwest Regional Rail Initiative

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The Ohio Hub

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Amtrak

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