NJD8598 wrote:Who's this Richard Stowe from New Canaan and why is he pushing for the New Haven line to switch to third rail? Obviously I think thats a pretty crazy thing to be bringing up and the legislature should be smarter then to consider anything like that when there are more serious issues to deal with. Otherwise nothing really earth shattering in the minutes. The taxi system at the Stamford station does seem to been working fine, and traffic on that entire side of the station(NH bound side) seems to be moving much smoother then it ever did before. As long as the $2 tokens never return everyone should be happy.
He's either with or is the
Railroad Transportation Excellence Coalition. You can find them at
http://www.railtec.org/. He also features some online petitions. I don't see a bio section so I don't know what his bona fides are, but he seems to be a strong rail advocate involved in local politics.
As for 3rd rail to New Canaan, I'm with you in wondering what that's going to solve. From his website I gather that Mr. Stowe feels 3rd rail is better than catenary wire as a power source for trains. To me, I think catenary replacement with 3rd rail is a low priority item on Metro-North's agenda, and equates to fixing something that's not broken just because it may be 'more gooder'.