Forum Meetings

 

Forum meetings are scheduled on the first Monday of every month. Meetings will be canceled when there are insufficient topics to merit a meeting.

 

Forum Meeting Schedule

 

The next Passenger Rail Forum meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 13, 2012 from 10am - 12pm in Room 5, State Office Building.

 

Meeting Summaries and Materials

 

• December 13, 2010
• November 8, 2010
• October 4, 2010
• August 2, 2010
• July 12, 2010
• June 7, 2010
• May 3, 2010
• March 1, 2010
• February 1, 2010

• January 4, 2010
• All Meetings

 

Passenger Rail Governance

 

More information on Minnesota Passenger Rail governance and financing implementation can be found on the Passenger Rail Governance page.

 

 

Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation Forum

 

The Minnesota Department of Transportation adopted a Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan in February 2010. The Plan was mandated by the 2008 Minnesota Legislature (Chapter 350, Article 1, Section 66, Subdivision 1be) and is a prerequisite for participation in federal funding.

 

Stakeholders need to remain collectively aware of ongoing passenger rail initiatives and be responsive to immediate funding opportunities. MnDOT established a group called the Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation Forum to advise them on how to keep those or other projects underway while the state rail plan is prepared.  This Forum is separate from the Policy and Technical Advisory Committees established by the State Rail Plan, though it has some common membership with the Policy Advisory Committee.

 

Purpose

 

The purpose of the Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation Forum (“Forum”) is two-fold:

1. Recommend and coordinate projects, through a consensus process, for which the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) should seek funding through the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA’s) state-level programs while a comprehensive statewide freight and passenger rail plan is being developed and
2. Advise the Commissioner of Transportation in an ongoing process on implementation of the comprehensive statewide freight and passenger rail plan

Quick Links

• What's New
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Office of Transit

Related Studies and Plans

• Statewide Rail Plan
• State Transportation Plan: 2009-2028
• Passenger Rail Studies List

Passenger Rail Initiatives

• Passenger Rail -About passenger rail in Minnesota
• Northstar Commuter Rail
• Midwest Regional Rail System Wisconsin DOT: Economic Impacts of the MRRS (PDF 2.3 MB)