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Michigan Senate passes appropiation for full funding of Pere Marquette and BlueWater routes through Sept 2011‏

Great news!  The Michigan Senate just passed Senate bill 1164 which is the transportation appropriation bill for fiscal year 2011, ending September 2011.

This bill provides full funding for Intercity Passenger Rail service (Amtrak) of $8.667 M.  The bill must still pass the House, but we are optimistic that it will do so intact.  This funding impacts the Bluewater and Pere Marquette routes, which are partially funded through Michigan appropriations

This is a big step in that in previous years, funding has been cut and then MARP has gone through the year having to work with legislators on supplemental funding to ensure continuation of service for both of the state supported routes.  You may remember that for fiscal year 2010, funding was cut significantly, but a couple months ago the Supplemental appropriation was passed to ensure service will continue for the full year.

MARP continues to work very closely with our legislators to ensure service continues on all routes in Michigan and investment continues to be made on the high speed corridor between Detroit and Chicago. 

Ridership in April was up over 16% on all Michigan routes vs. 2009.

Announcements, FYI

ACTION ALERT: State Senate bill may drastically reduce intercity bus service

The intercity motorcoach or bus network that Indian Trails has so carefully put together in Northern Michigan, which has been endorsed by MARP, is in jeopardy and we need you to contact your state senators to educate them about the negative impact of SB1164; it will dry up funding for state supported inter-city bus routes.

In the event you are not up to speed, on Wed. 5/12/10, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed SB 1164 to the full Senate, which would essentially eliminate all of our funding for intercity services for everything north of Grand Rapids,  Lansing,  Bay City and all of the Upper Peninsula for FY 2011.   The Senate is scheduled to vote this week, the week of 5/17/10.

It was thought that this would only represent a 10% cut in the Intercity Services budget, but they don’t realize that this fund is the match for federal grants.  The $725,000 proposed cut to the budget is actually more than 100% of the state funding for some intercity busing.  We would lose our federal match, so there would be no intercity bus services for 2/3 of the state.

Below you will find a link  that will help you find a link to your senator. We encourage you to write a letter to your senator (in your own words) but you may use the letter below for guidance.
http://senate.michigan.gov/

Dear Senator _______,

Over the last two years, I have become very familiar with the motor coach or bus service Indian Trails provides to all of Northern Michigan .  Utilizing clean, comfortable coaches, they serve countless communities in our state, with a very economical, logical route system.  Hubs exist in Escanaba and St. Ignace, where passengers can make convenient connections between the various routes. Just last year, a new Transportation Center was opened in St. Ignace, through the efforts of Indian Trails, MDOT and the St. Ignace business community.  Late last year, at no additional expense, Indian Trails expanded service to Sault Ste. Marie, which had had no motor coach service for years.

SB 1164 is a penny wise, pound foolish proposition, which jeopardizes efforts to improve tourism and economic recovery in our state.  While on the surface it appears it is just a 10 percent reduction in the budget, in reality that 10 percent is used to secure federal transportation dollars for the remaining 90 percent of the budget. It would effectively eliminate a vital transportation service to the northern 2/3 of the state.

I urge you to vote NO on SB 1164.

Thank you for your consideration.  Best wishes.
 

Regards,

__________

Ridership statistics

Michigan ridership stats for April 2010

 

  NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
                   
  SUMMARIZED FY 2010 MICHIGAN RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE RESULTS*
                   
  COMPARATIVE SUMMARY – MONTH OF APRIL 2010 VERSUS 2009
                   
  MONTH  ENDED APRIL 30, 2010 VERSUS 2009  *
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
   April   April  Increase/(Decrease)    April   April  Increase/(Decrease)
Corridor/Service  2010  2009 Amount Percentage   2010 2009 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water 13,503 11,327           2,176 19.2%   $404,363 $331,340  $     73,023 22.0%
                   
Pere Marquette 9,639 8,547           1,092 12.8%   $278,395 $228,070         50,325 22.1%
                     
Wolverine 41,715 35,722           5,993 16.8%   $1,465,394 $1,154,297       311,097 27.0%
Total 64,857 55,596           9,261 16.7%   $2,148,152 $1,713,707  $    434,445 25.4%
                     
                   
  SIXTH MONTH OF STATE FISCAL YEAR –  PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2010
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
Corridor/Service    Year-To-Date APRIL 30, Increase/(Decrease)      Year-To-Date APRIL 30, Increase/(Decrease)
  2010 2009 Amount Percentage   2010 2009 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water 81,533 75,975           5,558 7.3%   $2,516,366 $2,272,553  $    243,813 10.7%
                     
Pere Marquette 55,371 57,486          (2,115) -3.7%   $1,598,732 $1,571,422         27,310 1.7%
                       
Wolverine 250,806 249,815              991 0.4%   $8,897,721 $8,348,980       548,741 6.6%
Total 387,710 383,276 4,434 1.2%   $13,012,819 $12,192,955  $    819,864 6.7%
                   
                   
                   
                   
* Per April 2010 Ridership and Revenue Report (FY10)              
           
Ridership statistics

Amtrak ridership stats Oct. 2009-Mar. 2010

October-March FY10
                       
    Ridership Ticket Revenue
          % change vs.         % change vs.  
NEC Spine FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget
1 – Acela   1,565,257 1,520,497 1,480,363 +2.9 +5.7 $213,167,646 $211,287,243 $205,801,678 +0.9 +3.6
5 – Northeast Regional   3,505,018 3,348,829 3,222,222 +4.7 +8.8 $222,931,136 $216,402,377 $208,901,018 +3.0 +6.7
99 – Special Trains   5,230 3,930 5,250 +33.1 -0.4 $475,300 $659,199 $582,000 -27.9 -18.3
Subtotal   5,075,505 4,873,256 4,707,835 +4.2 +7.8 $436,574,082 $428,348,819 $415,284,696 +1.9 +5.1
State Supported and Other Short Distance Corridors                    
3 – Ethan Allen   23,195 22,772 21,846 +1.9 +6.2 $1,161,675 $1,169,733 $1,125,222 -0.7 +3.2
4 – Vermonter   41,431 37,590 36,290 +10.2 +14.2 $2,288,140 $2,089,688 $2,028,140 +9.5 +12.8
7 – Albany-Niagara Falls-Toronto   171,965 162,339 159,335 +5.9 +7.9 $9,844,305 $9,321,737 $9,194,305 +5.6 +7.1
9 – Downeaster   216,598 213,654 220,253 +1.4 -1.7 $2,970,633 $2,913,432 $3,068,082 +2.0 -3.2
12 – New Haven-Springfield   177,160 158,829 152,145 +11.5 +16.4 $4,913,372 $4,611,462 $4,440,233 +6.5 +10.7
14 – Keystone   631,446 606,347 592,082 +4.1 +6.6 $13,440,589 $12,726,258 $12,471,790 +5.6 +7.8
15 – Empire (NYP-ALB)   473,136 447,804 442,650 +5.7 +6.9 $18,733,639 $18,166,260 $18,015,535 +3.1 +4.0
20 – Chicago-St. Louis (Lincoln Service)   261,552 234,337 237,176 +11.6 +10.3 $6,122,878 $5,245,464 $5,338,751 +16.7 +14.7
21 – Hiawatha   365,079 348,422 346,987 +4.8 +5.2 $6,574,786 $6,300,874 $6,310,453 +4.3 +4.2
22 – Wolverine   209,091 214,093 212,827 -2.3 -1.8 $7,432,327 $7,194,683 $7,196,670 +3.3 +3.3
23 – Chicago-Carbondale (Illini/Saluki)   130,158 133,042 133,325 -2.2 -2.4 $3,848,556 $3,721,309 $3,741,784 +3.4 +2.9
24 – Chicago-Quincy (IL Zephyr/Carl Sandburg)   98,829 98,623 98,752 +0.2 +0.1 $2,408,378 $2,289,415 $2,300,887 +5.2 +4.7
29 – Heartland Flyer   33,696 33,850 33,683 -0.5 +0.0 $739,361 $737,330 $737,638 +0.3 +0.2
35 – Pacific Surfliner   1,203,171 1,203,450 1,187,569 -0.0 +1.3 $21,952,158 $21,002,602 $21,648,650 +4.5 +1.4
36 – Cascades   384,692 329,616 366,480 +16.7 +5.0 $11,865,821 $9,245,707 $10,464,407 +28.3 +13.4
37 – Capitol Corridor   751,174 798,953 781,736 -6.0 -3.9 $10,967,505 $10,983,572 $11,463,578 -0.1 -4.3
39 – San Joaquin   465,276 441,245 435,792 +5.4 +6.8 $14,588,717 $13,571,886 $13,998,339 +7.5 +4.2
40 – Adirondack   48,868 43,783 42,216 +11.6 +15.8 $2,511,575 $2,249,337 $2,180,087 +11.7 +15.2
41 – Blue Water   68,030 64,648 64,044 +5.2 +6.2 $2,112,003 $1,941,213 $1,933,729 +8.8 +9.2
46 – Washington-Lynchburg   55,025 – 20,959 – +162.5 $3,387,963 – $1,319,825 – +156.7
47 – Washington-Newport News   209,846 200,242 200,777 +4.8 +4.5 $11,458,008 $11,052,324 $11,149,260 +3.7 +2.8
54 – Hoosier State   16,105 15,079 15,015 +6.8 +7.3 $380,986 $322,497 $320,947 +18.1 +18.7
56 – Kansas City-St. Louis (MO River Runner)   76,781 66,322 64,679 +15.8 +18.7 $1,821,796 $1,450,119 $1,417,864 +25.6 +28.5
57 – Pennsylvanian   102,150 95,590 93,594 +6.9 +9.1 $4,149,067 $3,834,113 $3,776,191 +8.2 +9.9
65 – Pere Marquette   45,732 48,939 49,008 -6.6 -6.7 $1,320,336 $1,343,352 $1,351,974 -1.7 -2.3
66 – Carolinian   144,267 131,630 136,171 +9.6 +5.9 $7,567,459 $6,830,766 $7,109,097 +10.8 +6.4
67 – Piedmont   36,276 35,042 52,407 +3.5 -30.8 $606,108 $581,266 $884,252 +4.3 -31.5
74-81 – Buses   – – – – – $3,180,340 $3,211,702 $3,170,212 -1.0 +0.3
96 – Special Trains    31,092 28,680 37,430 +8.4 -16.9 $1,979,668 $1,515,343 $2,001,152 +30.6 -1.1
Subtotal   6,471,821 6,214,921 6,235,228 +4.1 +3.8 $180,328,147 $165,623,446 $170,159,056 +8.9 +6.0
Long Distance                    
16 – Silver Star   193,939 179,094 175,621 +8.3 +10.4 $14,171,672 $13,164,509 $13,086,946 +7.7 +8.3
18 – Cardinal   47,199 51,121 50,137 -7.7 -5.9 $2,695,396 $2,955,954 $2,943,372 -8.8 -8.4
19 – Silver Meteor   170,792 160,422 157,480 +6.5 +8.5 $16,730,687 $16,297,275 $16,187,649 +2.7 +3.4
25 – Empire Builder   248,419 240,380 255,530 +3.3 -2.8 $21,887,951 $22,346,957 $24,230,312 -2.1 -9.7
26 – Capitol Ltd.   97,358 99,250 97,129 -1.9 +0.2 $7,689,441 $7,943,647 $7,880,838 -3.2 -2.4
27 – California Zephyr   170,134 168,320 167,766 +1.1 +1.4 $17,267,594 $17,001,209 $16,944,641 +1.6 +1.9
28 – Southwest Chief   149,960 148,545 147,725 +1.0 +1.5 $16,932,488 $17,467,170 $17,408,621 -3.1 -2.7
30 – City of New Orleans   106,373 91,393 93,091 +16.4 +14.3 $7,871,603 $6,982,971 $7,133,047 +12.7 +10.4
32 – Texas Eagle   133,094 122,688 123,774 +8.5 +7.5 $9,870,041 $9,226,698 $9,331,921 +7.0 +5.8
33 – Sunset Ltd.   41,843 36,346 36,513 +15.1 +14.6 $4,236,481 $3,852,176 $3,879,704 +10.0 +9.2
34 – Coast Starlight   207,634 194,034 193,662 +7.0 +7.2 $15,522,265 $14,385,568 $14,393,515 +7.9 +7.8
45 – Lake Shore Ltd.   165,287 155,969 162,863 +6.0 +1.5 $11,634,999 $10,742,545 $12,029,270 +8.3 -3.3
48 – Palmetto   84,122 76,987 79,509 +9.3 +5.8 $6,389,004 $5,484,029 $5,778,861 +16.5 +10.6
52 – Crescent   135,223 133,758 129,722 +1.1 +4.2 $12,857,351 $12,586,531 $12,338,064 +2.2 +4.2
63 – Auto Train   121,067 111,531 111,053 +8.6 +9.0 $29,682,818 $30,039,767 $29,925,877 -1.2 -0.8
Subtotal   2,072,444 1,969,838 1,981,575 +5.2 +4.6 $195,439,793 $190,477,005 $193,492,637 +2.6 +1.0
                       
Amtrak Total   13,619,770 13,058,015 12,924,638 +4.3 +5.4 $812,342,021 $784,449,271 $778,936,390 +3.6 +4.3
Ridership statistics

Amtrak ridership stats for March 2010

 

April FY10
                       
    Ridership Ticket Revenue
          % change vs.         % change vs.  
NEC Spine FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget
1 – Acela   290,446 262,890 267,640 +10.5 +8.5 $40,633,210 $35,843,470 $37,242,545 +13.4 +9.1
5 – Northeast Regional   611,232 601,829 609,958 +1.6 +0.2 $40,561,036 $37,652,753 $38,893,204 +7.7 +4.3
99 – Special Trains   653 620 650 +5.3 +0.5 $103,153 $131,900 $145,000 -21.8 -28.9
Subtotal   902,331 865,339 878,248 +4.3 +2.7 $81,297,399 $73,628,123 $76,280,749 +10.4 +6.6
State Supported and Other Short Distance Corridors                    
3 – Ethan Allen   3,606 3,466 3,441 +4.0 +4.8 $176,529 $169,362 $171,264 +4.2 +3.1
4 – Vermonter   6,412 5,613 5,577 +14.2 +15.0 $355,077 $301,036 $305,242 +18.0 +16.3
7 – Albany-Niagara Falls-Toronto   32,244 28,771 28,898 +12.1 +11.6 $1,729,859 $1,584,175 $1,621,746 +9.2 +6.7
9 – Downeaster   42,786 41,018 41,651 +4.3 +2.7 $589,124 $580,195 $600,947 +1.5 -2.0
12 – New Haven-Springfield   30,755 26,012 25,829 +18.2 +19.1 $935,543 $774,663 $783,936 +20.8 +19.3
14 – Keystone   113,082 101,898 102,722 +11.0 +10.1 $2,378,852 $2,046,672 $2,105,832 +16.2 +13.0
15 – Empire (NYP-ALB)   83,921 77,304 80,065 +8.6 +4.8 $3,126,394 $3,009,054 $3,172,042 +3.9 -1.4
20 – Chicago-St. Louis (Lincoln Service)   48,194 40,576 41,805 +18.8 +15.3 $1,098,119 $840,102 $880,608 +30.7 +24.7
21 – Hiawatha   65,241 59,189 60,831 +10.2 +7.2 $1,156,364 $1,041,160 $1,091,089 +11.1 +6.0
22 – Wolverine   41,715 35,722 36,251 +16.8 +15.1 $1,465,394 $1,154,297 $1,191,737 +27.0 +23.0
23 – Chicago-Carbondale (Illini/Saluki)   21,700 20,721 21,323 +4.7 +1.8 $629,000 $557,709 $583,352 +12.8 +7.8
24 – Chicago-Quincy (IL Zephyr/Carl Sandburg)   17,960 17,109 17,580 +5.0 +2.2 $436,946 $394,391 $412,246 +10.8 +6.0
29 – Heartland Flyer   5,662 4,972 5,127 +13.9 +10.4 $119,181 $105,164 $111,011 +13.3 +7.4
35 – Pacific Surfliner   234,158 219,229 222,239 +6.8 +5.4 $4,192,145 $3,820,810 $3,943,920 +9.7 +6.3
36 – Cascades   66,094 57,175 63,827 +15.6 +3.6 $2,103,165 $1,489,619 $1,690,143 +41.2 +24.4
37 – Capitol Corridor   137,871 138,623 138,945 -0.5 -0.8 $1,943,388 $1,909,012 $2,049,406 +1.8 -5.2
39 – San Joaquin   84,044 79,108 80,065 +6.2 +5.0 $2,630,850 $2,225,958 $2,308,735 +18.2 +14.0
40 – Adirondack   8,559 7,375 7,330 +16.1 +16.8 $443,432 $378,005 $381,876 +17.3 +16.1
41 – Blue Water   13,503 11,327 11,479 +19.2 +17.6 $404,363 $331,340 $341,610 +22.0 +18.4
46 – Washington-Lynchburg   11,973 – 4,133 – +189.7 $712,108 – $255,936 – +178.2
47 – Washington-Newport News   43,129 39,914 42,513 +8.1 +1.4 $2,354,769 $2,089,820 $2,267,702 +12.7 +3.8
54 – Hoosier State   2,664 2,355 2,429 +13.1 +9.7 $63,100 $49,613 $51,612 +27.2 +22.3
56 – Kansas City-St. Louis (MO River Runner)   13,551 11,708 11,679 +15.7 +16.0 $302,658 $229,100 $233,200 +32.1 +29.8
57 – Pennsylvanian   15,693 15,256 15,363 +2.9 +2.1 $666,146 $581,114 $596,430 +14.6 +11.7
65 – Pere Marquette   9,639 8,547 8,816 +12.8 +9.3 $278,395 $228,070 $239,273 +22.1 +16.4
66 – Carolinian   27,787 18,690 26,732 +48.7 +3.9 $1,508,165 $858,780 $1,258,391 +75.6 +19.8
67 – Piedmont   7,825 6,197 10,173 +26.3 -23.1 $129,970 $96,956 $164,252 +34.1 -20.9
74-81 – Buses   – – – – – $540,886 $333,955 $335,975 +62.0 +61.0
96 – Special Trains    494 100 0 +394.0 – $48,100 $27,200 $0 +76.8 –
Subtotal   1,190,262 1,077,975 1,116,823 +10.4 +6.6 $32,518,022 $27,207,330 $29,149,511 +19.5 +11.6
Long Distance                    
16 – Silver Star   32,147 31,343 30,846 +2.6 +4.2 $2,639,820 $2,429,776 $2,397,018 +8.6 +10.1
18 – Cardinal   8,566 8,668 8,757 -1.2 -2.2 $499,770 $497,066 $502,430 +0.5 -0.5
19 – Silver Meteor   28,701 27,667 26,959 +3.7 +6.5 $3,072,653 $2,984,775 $2,903,440 +2.9 +5.8
25 – Empire Builder   38,875 31,222 32,273 +24.5 +20.5 $3,514,324 $2,619,860 $2,716,868 +34.1 +29.4
26 – Capitol Ltd.   18,046 16,482 16,636 +9.5 +8.5 $1,490,509 $1,340,647 $1,354,030 +11.2 +10.1
27 – California Zephyr   27,318 23,747 24,173 +15.0 +13.0 $2,987,979 $2,476,559 $2,573,265 +20.7 +16.1
28 – Southwest Chief   25,547 22,944 23,367 +11.3 +9.3 $2,945,626 $2,568,841 $2,674,201 +14.7 +10.1
30 – City of New Orleans   18,644 15,522 15,782 +20.1 +18.1 $1,425,945 $1,177,497 $1,218,755 +21.1 +17.0
32 – Texas Eagle   21,677 19,016 19,308 +14.0 +12.3 $1,736,794 $1,407,716 $1,458,898 +23.4 +19.0
33 – Sunset Ltd.   7,426 6,118 6,257 +21.4 +18.7 $787,402 $594,495 $623,059 +32.4 +26.4
34 – Coast Starlight   32,192 32,170 32,646 +0.1 -1.4 $2,763,355 $2,260,205 $2,349,054 +22.3 +17.6
45 – Lake Shore Ltd.   29,854 26,103 27,592 +14.4 +8.2 $2,021,647 $1,689,435 $1,805,002 +19.7 +12.0
48 – Palmetto   17,238 15,911 19,783 +8.3 -12.9 $1,367,674 $922,671 $1,226,715 +48.2 +11.5
52 – Crescent   26,226 25,146 24,819 +4.3 +5.7 $2,382,386 $2,264,823 $2,299,047 +5.2 +3.6
63 – Auto Train   20,715 21,294 21,493 -2.7 -3.6 $5,999,734 $6,330,464 $6,388,194 -5.2 -6.1
Subtotal   353,172 323,353 330,691 +9.2 +6.8 $35,635,617 $31,564,830 $32,489,976 +12.9 +9.7
                       
Amtrak Total   2,445,765 2,266,667 2,325,762 +7.9 +5.2 $149,451,038 $132,400,283 $137,920,236 +12.9 +8.4