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VRPI presents: Improving the Rail Passengers' Experience
Friday, June 21, 2024
11:00 AM EDT
Virginia Conservation Network
701 E. Franklin St. #800
Richmond, VA 23219
Register for the hybrid event!
The Virginia Rail Policy Institute hosts its 2024 annual meeting with a hybrid with a business meeting, lunch, and hybrid special presentation: Improving the Rail Passengers' Experience featuring Brian Sawyer, Service Performance Senior Manager for the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority.
We are asking in-person attendees to donate $20 with registration to help cover meeting-related expenses like lunch. In-person seats are limited to 25 and should be registered by June 19 at 12 p.m. to accommodate meal preferences.
SCHEDULE:
> 11:00 a.m. Business meeting
> 12:00 p.m. Lunch/break
> 12:45 p.m. Presentation
> 1:30 p.m. Adjourn
Join by Zoom: TBD
Questions?
Contact Michael Testerman
testertrain@verizon.net
804.649.1405
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS:
>We encourage attendees to use public transit. There are many bus stops near the building, but the closest is on 8th and East Main Streets. Served by GRTC bus routes 2A, 2B, 2C, 5, 14, and 87.
>The PULSE bus rapid transit line connects via Main Street Station and Government Center transit stops.
>GRTC is fare free!
>Plan ahead with Transit App or GRTC Trip Planner.
>Amtrak's Main Street Station is a 0.6 mile (15 minute) walk from the meeting location.
>There are paid parking lots on East Main Street, North 7th Street and North 8th Street. There are metered parking spots—two hour maximum—along the street directly outside of 701 E. Franklin St. Franklin Street is one-way, eastbound. Main Street is one-way, westbound.
>Plan ahead with Parkopedia.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
Brian Sawyer: Before coming to VPRA, Brian was at Amtrak for 17 years, managing over 70 stations within New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, as well as every Amtrak station south of Washington, DC to Kissimmee, FL; with the last 3 years in Virginia.
Prior to that, he was Food & Beverage Manager with Gate Gourmet for 8 years, managing Amtrak commissaries throughout the US.
Brian is a former Chief Petty Officer - US Navy
VRPI presents: Improving the Rail Passengers' Experience
Friday, June 21, 2024
Virginia Conservation Network
701 E. Franklin St. #800 Richmond, VA
VRPI presents: Improving the Rail Passengers' Experience
Friday, June 21, 2024
Virginia Conservation Network
701 E. Franklin St. #800 Richmond, VA 23219
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Friday, June 21, 2024
Virginia Conservation Network
701 E. Franklin St. #800 Richmond, VA
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