Location

Date:	Friday, November 20, 2009
Time:	10:00am - 11:30am
Location:	1299 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Description 
Two major transportation improvement projects are about to get underway in Northeast Ohio - The 3C rail quick start proposal, connecting Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati (and Dayton) and the rebuilding of the Innerbelt Bridge (I90) in downtown Cleveland.

As it stands now, NOACA is the only MPO (metropolitan planning organization) along the 3C corridor in Ohio that has not approved adding the 3C project to this region's transportation improvement plan (TIP). This step is necessary for the project to receive federal funding, and sends a strong message that Northeast Ohio supports passenger rail investment.

Please consider attending the NOACA's Transportation Advisory Committee meeting on Friday, November 20 at 10am. The public is allowed to sign in before the meeting and provide comments on this project for up to 2 minutes. Please help fill the room with positive comments on how having transportation choices in Northeast Ohio will help you, your family, business, etc. to live and do business in Ohio.

To date, there has been no public comment at these meetings, and a few of the NOACA board members have been asking why people just can't drive and that there doesn't appear to be a need for transportation choices in Ohio.

Meeting Agenda:
http://cf.noaca.org/calendar/meetingtac.html

Public Comment Instructions:
http://www.noaca.org/pipsum.pdf

NOACA's 3C Page (send comments to link at bottom to be included before Board vote):
http://www.noaca.org/3crail.html Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=175541319805