By the way -- in today's Register, Darrel Rensink of the DOT said he plans
to retire this fall.  Rensink said one of his biggest accomplishments has
been to expand the agency's focus on railroads, airports, rivers and other
modes of transportation!  That is really news!  The amount of money the DOT
proposed to spend on passenger rail service in their 25 year plan was a
tiny percentage of the total plan.  Vilsack said Rensink's successor will
need to be someone "who comprehends and understands the totality of
transportation," that in addition to highways, it's also rail and air
transportation.

I guess Vilsack and Pedersen were not only attentive when Sierra Club met
with them last week, they were also taking notes.

Jane Clark

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