The meeting will held in the AORTA office, Portland Union Station, 800 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97209, Room 253, and will also be available remotely. Lunch begins at 11:30. Meeting will begin at 12:00. Speakers will be Harper Haverkamp and Mitch Radakovich (All Aboard Ohio). Join Zoom Meeting marisths-org.zoom.us/j/83478990158?pwd=WTwAQEU99wI3vRMaCGXYfhWa7F1Fjb.1 Meeting ID: 834 7899 0158 Passcode: 647037

Federal funds awarded by ODOT help restore bus service between Portland Union Station and Boise Airport Dec. 9, 2025 Contact Information: ODOT, Jenny Cherrytree, 503-307-3729 Portland, OR — The Oregon Department of Transportation awarded Northwestern Stage Lines with a federal grant to restore vital intercity bus service for rural cities between Portland, Oregon and Boise, Idaho on Interstate 84. Since January, many rural Oregonians have had no long-distance bus service to

Portland, OR — Rail advocates from All Aboard Northwest, AORTA, and All Aboard Washington are encouraging members, allies, and community leaders to participate in the Pacific Northwest Rail Summit, October 15–16 at the EcoTrust Building in Portland. Returning for its fourth year, the Rail Summit will convene passenger and freight rail leaders, state legislators, Amtrak officials, planners, and industry voices from across the U.S. and Canada. Please also join us on October 14

This memo rebuts the material presented at the Sept. 15, 2021 IBRP Executive Steering Group (ESG) meeting, which comprised a cover memo1 , a specific memo2 about the CSA-II, and a slide presentation3. To set the context for this rebuttal, we highlight the following declarations of the IBRP team (see pages 11-14 of slide presentation): Purpose and Need: An alternative must address the transportation needs of the I-5 corridor/bridge: • Growing travel demand and congestion • Imp

AORTA (Association of Rail and Transit Advocates) supports the study of high-speed rail in the Cascades Corridor. The U.S. lags behind in the development of this modern, efficient mode of public transportation, and the Cascades Corridor is one of the most heavily travelled in the nation. Indeed, the Congressional Research Service has identified this corridor as one of the primary federally designated high-speed rail corridors.1 AORTA believes, however, that primary emphasis