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Senator Sherrod Brown urges U.S. funding for Ohio high-speed rail

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Staff report 12:29 PM Wednesday, September 16, 2009

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is urging the Federal Railroad Administration to provide economic-stimulus funding for an expected Ohio request for help to establish high-speed rail service to connect the state’s biggest urban areas.

An Amtrak study released on Tuesday, Sept. 15, estimated that passenger rail service between Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati would attract 478,000 riders each year, Brown wrote on Wednesday to Joseph Szabo, administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.

The service would also connect Ohioans with major railroad hubs in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C., Brown wrote.

Brown’s letter said he wrote in support of Ohio’s anticipated proposal — due by Oct. 2 — for federal funding for the high-speed rail project.

“The proposal would restart passenger rail service — for the first time in more than 30 years — between Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati,” the senator wrote. “It is my understanding that service could begin by 2011. ... With six million people living along the Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati corridor, this market is significantly underserved.”

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