Comments on: USDOT Moves Forward on ‘Multi-Modal’ Vision http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/02/18/usdot-moves-forward-on-%e2%80%98multi-modal%e2%80%99-vision/ Sustainable Communities. Attainable Results. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:33:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Will this TIGER be a balm? : I-GO Car Sharing http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/02/18/usdot-moves-forward-on-%e2%80%98multi-modal%e2%80%99-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-48148 Will this TIGER be a balm? : I-GO Car Sharing Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:45:53 +0000 http://www.cnt.org/news/?p=2661#comment-48148 [...] colleagues at the Center for Neighborhood Technology (I-GO’s parent org) recently blogged on how the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s TIGER program (the acronym stands for [...] [...] colleagues at the Center for Neighborhood Technology (I-GO’s parent org) recently blogged on how the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s TIGER program (the acronym stands for [...]

]]> By: Katie Armstrong http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/02/18/usdot-moves-forward-on-%e2%80%98multi-modal%e2%80%99-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-47615 Katie Armstrong Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:26:00 +0000 http://www.cnt.org/news/?p=2661#comment-47615 "projects that create jobs,stimulate economic activity and help develop livable communities" quote from Ray LaHood . Absolutely . However our suburbs have been very negatively impacted by the Canadian Northern Railway.s purchse of the EJ&E line which had been planned by citizens and planners to be the Star Line, passenger, commuter, expanding job possibilities,10 or twelve trains per day connecting people on the suburban arc of the metropolitan area. According to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement the entire project will "reduce total employment in the Chicago area by 280 jobs" " Freight handler to the nation" seems to require little labor in our age of automation. Employment estimates were changed in final reports without any explanation. The number of trains will increase from 10 TO 30. CN's states purpose and need to benefit from rail transportation services for " North American steel, chemical and petrochemical industries ".The major portion of the freight is hazardous materials. In my town ,thirty trains per day mostly tank cars carrying hazardous materials will pass through residential neighborhoods within blocks of parks and schools and over four wellhead protection zones . Traffic delays, pollution( have you seen the latest reports),noise ,train derailments and possible contamination of the aquifer which supplies our water do not fulfill the goals of economic growth, environmental protection and livable communities. Shipping hazardous materials in residential areas and over wellhead protecton zones must be banned. Water is more valuable and irreplaceable than anything transported in tank cars. Good neighborhoods are the goal of planners. Intermodal transportation centers need to be located a half day's drive from the city and suburbs,so the truck drivers can get home at night and so as not to deteriorate the quality of neighborhood life of our metropolitan area. “projects that create jobs,stimulate economic activity and help develop livable communities” quote from Ray LaHood . Absolutely . However our suburbs have been very negatively impacted by the Canadian Northern Railway.s purchse of the EJ&E line which
had been planned by citizens and planners to be the Star Line, passenger, commuter, expanding job possibilities,10 or twelve trains per day connecting people on the suburban arc of the metropolitan area.

According to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
the entire project will “reduce total employment
in the Chicago area by 280 jobs” ” Freight handler to the nation” seems to require little labor in our age of automation. Employment estimates were changed in final reports without any explanation.

The number of trains will increase from 10 TO
30. CN’s states purpose and need to benefit from
rail transportation services for ” North American
steel, chemical and petrochemical industries “.The
major portion of the freight is hazardous materials.
In my town ,thirty trains per day mostly tank cars carrying hazardous materials will pass through residential neighborhoods within blocks of parks and
schools and over four wellhead protection zones .

Traffic delays, pollution( have you seen the latest
reports),noise ,train derailments and
possible contamination of the aquifer which supplies our water do not fulfill the goals of economic growth, environmental protection and
livable communities.

Shipping hazardous materials in residential areas
and over wellhead protecton zones must be banned.
Water is more valuable and irreplaceable than anything transported in tank cars.

Good neighborhoods are the goal of planners.
Intermodal transportation centers need to be
located a half day’s drive from the city and
suburbs,so the truck drivers can get home at night and so as not to deteriorate the quality of neighborhood life of our metropolitan area.

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