{"id":178282445,"date":"2010-08-26T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T10:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=178282445"},"modified":"2010-08-26T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T10:54:05","slug":"amtrak-call-to-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=178282445","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak Call to Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">Dear Trail Supporter:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">The Allegheny Trail Alliance and the Trail Town Program have been advocating for the roll-on\/roll off service along <strong>Amtrak\u2019s Capitol Limited Route<\/strong> and need your continued help! Thanks to your support we are that much closer to seeing this happen, and you can still contribute! The attached letter thanks Amtrak for their interest and encourages them to provide this service as soon as they can. Please adapt the letter below and make the necessary changes (highlighted as red text) to personalize it for your own situation and interest. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">Amtrak prefers hard copies rather than e-mails, so we ask that you send a copy directly to the address listed in the supplemental letter below.&nbsp; Also, please mail a copy of your letter to the ATA at P.O. Box 501, Latrobe, PA 15650, or e-mail it to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:admin@atatrail.org\">admin@atatrail.org<\/a><\/span><a href=\"mailto:admin@atatrail.org\">&nbsp; <\/a><strong>Your immediate help is necessary and greatly appreciated! &nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"><strong>Thank you for your time!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">SUPPORT LETTER: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman; color: red;\">Date<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">Mr. Joseph H. Boardman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">President and CEO of Amtrak<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">National Railroad Passenger Corporation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">60<\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"> Massachusetts Avenue, NE<\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">Washington<\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">, DC&nbsp; 20002<\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman; color: black;\">Dear Mr. Boardman, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman; color: black;\">Thank you for your interest in providing enhanced bicycle service on the Capitol Limited.&nbsp; I am excited by the prospect of being able to roll-on and roll-off on the Capitol Limited route between Pittsburgh, PA and Washington, DC.&nbsp; I am encouraged with the news that it might be available in Spring 2011.&nbsp; I want to bike the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&amp;O Canal towpath and appreciate the opportunity to ride the rails before I ride the trails. &nbsp;I look forward to using the service every <\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman; color: red;\">year\/month\/week, especially between x and y.&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">We appreciate Amtrak\u2019s commitment to enhancing tourism opportunities and multi-modal transportation networks.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman; color: black;\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman; color: red;\">(Your signature)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">Copy: &nbsp;<span style=\"color: black;\">Ray LaHood, Secretary, U. S. Department of Transportation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">1200 New Jersey Ave<\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">, SE<br \/>\n  Washington, DC 20590<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atatrail.org\/trailtown.cfm\">https:\/\/www.atatrail.org\/trailtown.cfm<\/a>oldId.20100826105405470<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Trail Supporter: The Allegheny Trail Alliance and the Trail Town Program have been advocating for the roll-on\/roll off service along Amtrak\u2019s Capitol Limited Route and need your continued help! Thanks to your support we are that much closer to seeing this happen, and you can still contribute! The attached letter thanks Amtrak for their &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=178282445\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Amtrak Call to Action&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178282445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-paths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178282445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178282445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178282445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178282445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178282445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178282445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}