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Bi-State recounts decades-long push for Quad Cities–Chicago passenger rail
Summary
Bi-State traced regional advocacy back to the 1990s, including task force work and multiple studies that led to the Quad Cities route being identified and local resolutions supporting passenger service through Geneseo.
Bi-State told the council it has advocated for passenger rail service through the Quad Cities corridor since the early 1990s and that a passenger rail task force formed in 1992 to promote service restoration. "In fact in 1992 we formed a passenger rail task force," the presenter said while summarizing earlier advocacy.
The presenter described advocacy to Washington, D.C., coordination among mayors and business leaders, and regional studies completed in the late 1990s and 2008 that led to route selection and repeated inclusion of Geneseo in planning documents. The presentation framed the Geneseo stop as the result of sustained multi-jurisdictional effort rather than a recent local initiative.
