Carolinas Association for Passenger Trains


August 2011 Meeting Details


CAPT Board Meeting
Greenville, S.C.
August 13, 2011


Our meeting location will be the City Range Grill located at 615 Haywood Road in Greenville, S.C. on Saturday, August 13th. Lunch will be at noon followed by the board meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. The meeting should end by 5:00 p.m.

Our guest speaker after lunch will be Peter Strub of TranSystems. He will give an update on the Multimodal Transit Corridor Alternatives Feasibility Study done in 2010 for The Greenville County Economic Development Corporation.



CAPT Board Meeting Agenda
  • Welcome
  • Guest speaker Peter Strub of TransSystems
  • Secretary's report
  • Treasurer's report
  • Update on legislation from the past session in North Carolina affecting transit and rail passenger funding
  • Update on the resolution drive in South Carolina in support of expanded rail passenger service, and additional inserts for the resolution drive brochure
  • Mailings to NARP members in the Carolinas
  • Update on recent push by a Central Midlands coalition for a Columbia-Charlotte connection to the high speed rail network
  • Status of efforts to produce new CAPT brochure featuring maps of present and possible future rail passenger service
  • Update on CAPT newsletter and website issues
  • Amtrak update
  • North Carolina transit update
  • Reports by Officers and Directors
  • Planning for future meetings
  • Adjournment