<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Anna Zivarts <annaz@dr-wa.org><br><b>Date:</b> January 27, 2023 at 5:47:29 AM PST<br><b>To:</b> Disability Mobility Initiative <dismobility@googlegroups.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: Amtrak Cascades Service Development Plan - public comment period</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Opportunity below to share feedback with Amtrak about improving the Cascades service
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CASCADES-2023">www.surveymonkey.com/r/CASCADES-2023</a>.</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Anna Zivarts</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Director, <a href="https://www.disabilityrightswa.org/programs/disabilitymobility/" title="https://www.disabilityrightswa.org/programs/disabilitymobility/"><span style="color:windowtext">Disability
Mobility Initiative</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Disability Rights Washington</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">315 5th Ave S, Ste 850</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Seattle, WA 98104</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">206 718 8432 (cell)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:annaz@dr-wa.org" title="mailto:annaz@dr-wa.org"><span style="color:windowtext">annaz@dr-wa.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Krueger, Paul W <KruegeP@wsdot.wa.gov><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, January 23, 2023 at 8:19 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Cascades SDP <CascadesSDP@WSDOT.WA.GOV><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Amtrak Cascades Service Development Plan - public comment period<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Greetings,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">WSDOT wants to hear from you about how we can enhance the Amtrak Cascades intercity passenger rail service between Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC. We’re developing
a Service Development Plan (SDP) that will guide improvements to the train service over the next 20 years. Enhancements like additional trips, faster trips, and trips with different stopping patterns on the current route will be considered. We’ll also look
at greater connections to other forms of transportation, to enhance the multimodal transportation system in our state.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our current phase of work is defining the Preliminary Purpose and Need for the service enhancements, as well as the range of alternatives that will be analyzed in the next phase
of SDP work. The draft </span><a href="https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/SDP-Preliminary-Purpose-and-Need-2023.pdf"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preliminary Purpose and Need</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
statement is available for public review through February 24. You can find a copy of the document on the
</span><a href="https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/statewide-plans/passenger-rail-plans/amtrak-cascades-service-development-plan"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">project website</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">We encourage you to submit your comments on this proposed statement.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">We also ask for your help in sharing the word with your network of contacts in two other ways so they can be involved in this process. Please help us publicize
an upcoming public webinar on Tuesday, February 7 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm to share information about the project. We hope you can attend and that others from your organization will attend as well. The log-in link can be found on the
</span><a href="https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/statewide-plans/passenger-rail-plans/amtrak-cascades-service-development-plan"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">project webpage</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">We also hope you’ll encourage your network to take a 5-minute survey about their travel habits and what’s important to them for intercity train travel. The survey
can be found in several languages at: <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CASCADES-2023">
www.surveymonkey.com/r/CASCADES-2023</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your organization can provide a valuable perspective about opportunities to make intercity passenger rail more accessible and useful in station communities and we hope to hear
from you. Please contact me to schedule a meeting or if you have any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Paul</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Paul W. Krueger</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Systems Planning Engineer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rail, Freight, & Ports Division</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Washington State Department of Transportation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">206-464-1281</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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