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Support commuter rail in New Hampshire by signing the petition for the New Hampshire Capitol Corridor at http://www.petitiononline.com/nhcc.

Nashua Commuter Rail Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the implementation of our web site.

www.nhcommuterrail.com

The Nashua Commuter Rail Advisory Committee has developed its Web site to benefit the citizens of the state of New Hampshire. We have gained a tremendous amount of support from state and local legislators in the past, but we still need more. Feel free to use the Web site to keep up with where the project has come from and where it is going. While using the Web site, please take notice of the links that will directly connect you to our state and local legislators e-mail addresses. This is the area where we need your help; please take the time to e-mail the legislators about your feelings on the commuter rail project.

Nashua Commuter Rail Advisory Committee

The Nashua Commuter Rail Advisory Committee would like to extend an invitation to attend its meetings to citizens who are interested in bringing the commuter rail to Nashua. All meetings are held at Nashua City Hall, Room 208 (click here for a map/directions) at 6:30 p.m.

Radio Coverage

On Thursday, February 8, 2007, New Hampshire Public Radio aired Keeping Track of Rail in New Hampshire, on its morning “The Exchange” program, hosted by Laura Knoy. You can listen to the program via the link provided.

I’ve Been There: My Perspective

Nashua, N.H., seems too far away from Boston to be a “bedroom community,” but in the quest for affordable housing, crime-free neighborhoods, and other prized essentia of suburbia, Nashua is an excellent choice, especially considering its sales-tax-free shopping and vibrant downtown.

After seeing the huge benefits the commuter rail brought to our former hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts, I am eagerly awaiting the day Nashua becomes a stop on the Purple Line.

News Articles

I thought I’d start tracking some of the articles that come through Google Alerts about the rail project. (The following stories are in reverse chronological order.)

• Rail authority could usher in a new era in N.H. (Bob Sanders, New Hampshire Business Review, Friday, July 6, 2007)
• Rail station remains in picture for S. Nashua (Nashua Telegraph, May 14, 2007)
• Officials say Nashua rail plan still rolling along (Nashua Telegraph, May 14, 2007)
• Time to re-link the region with railroad (May 29, 2006, Concord Monitor; some very cool things happening with rail throughout New England.) The same article was published on June 23, 2006, in the Providence Journal under the title “Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson: Cooperation might work — Rethink New England transportation”
• N.H. towns seek new 93 exit (March 19, 2006, Boston Globe; includes information about the return of bus service from Nashua to Boston.)
• Fast lanes: Speed limit on Route 3 to increase (March 5, 2006, Boston Globe; includes information on restored bus service, and the statistic that 25,000 of Nashua’s 87,411 [2004 estimate] residents commute to Massachusetts daily.)
• Keep commuter rail in the picture (February 16, 2006)
• Meehan still backs Mass.-N.H. rail link (February 14, 2006, Eagle-Tribune Online; Meehan outlines his committment to the Communiter Raill; also includes some discussion of the various court cases that have affected the rail.)
• Future built on 2-lane highway: New England’s poor transportation network a liability (February 5, 2006, Times-Argus perspective on transportation upgrades New England desperately needs.)
• Ready for the return of the rail? Advocates say the state needs to get on board (January 29, 2006; excellent, detailed article on the need for current planning and the great possibilities for rail in southern and central New Hampshire)
• Officials seek state action on rail line: Commuter service funding uncertain (January 12, 2006; an unusually detailed article; “Nashua is hoping to break ground on a commuter rail station and parking garage next year, with train service starting up in 2008.”)
• Gridlock Expected to Grow (December 13, 2005; talks about traffic, increasing population density, and public transportation in southern New Hampshire)
• Meehan calls for Rte. 3 sound barrier (November 6, 2005; the second half of the article is about the Commuter Rail project)
• Rail service in NH: Next stop Merrimack? (October 30, 2005)
• Candidate outlines his agenda for city (October 26, 2005)
• Commuter Rail Service Push is On (October 22, 2005)
• Tougher terms for offenders, Lynch goal (September, 27, 2005; mentions the commuter rail project as one of Governor Lynch’s goals)
• High Mass. Housing Prices Mean Long Commutes for Some Workers (September, 2005)
• Transport Bill Keeps NH Commuter Rail Alive (August, 2005)

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