2.
Enhance train transportation and see Buffalo as the international
destination and railroad hub for New York City, Chicago and Toronto.
How?
a. Promote high-speed rail to connect NYC and Chicago, not
just Albany to Buffalo.
This will automatically include Albany to Buffalo as well as all the major Great
Lakes cities and states, including Erie, PA; Cleveland, OH; Toledo, OH; Detroit,
MI; and Gary, IN. Political support for this idea should be substantial if all these
cities are included with NYC and Chicago.
See:
Buffalo Needs High Speed Rail Line from NYC
to Chicago June 3, 2009 Letter to the Editor, The Buffalo
News
Develop
a Train Strategy to Ensure Rail Project, March 15, 2009
Letter to the Editor, The Buffalo News
b. Encourage on-train customs procedures to eliminate
bridge waiting time -- making the train the easiest way to connect Toronto
with Buffalo and all US points east and west.
See
Senate Calls for Study of Border Procedures July
12, 2009.
The Buffalo News