https://www.midcoastvillager.com/news/five-offer-proposals-to-run-rockland-rail-line/article_9c31d236-a5e2-11ef-9430-9bb6c5afe085.html 

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/caltrain-electrification-project-paying-off-19917422.php?utm_content=hed&sid=663e722da6478e305607df21&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=briefing&utm_campaign=sfgt%20%7C%20the%20daily&stn=nf

 Money raised will be used to improve public transit.

• Daytime E-ZPass tolls 
  • Passenger vehicles (once per day): $9 
  • Motorcycles (once per day): $4.50 
  • Small trucks and non-commuter buses: $14.40 
  • Large trucks and sightseeing buses: $21.60 
• Tunnel crossing credits reduced by 40 percent of original plan 
  • Nighttime discounts of 75 percent of daytime tolls 
  • Per-ride fees for all trips to, from or within the CBD 
  • Taxis and black cars: $0.75 
  • App-based for-hire vehicles: $1.50 

Massachusetts has learned that roads alone will not end congestion.  Not commuter, but all day service for workers and people needing to get to appointments. 10/26/24

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/massachusetts-mbta-commuter-rail-to-relieve-traffic-congestion/730419/

Maine has received a $53 million dollar grant to improve rail lines in Northern Maine. The grant will be used to upgrade two Eastern Maine Railway mainlines in Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington and Piscataquis counties. It also will rehabilitate tracks from the former Great Northern Paper Co. mill that have been dormant since 2008. 10/26/24 

https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=b936518a-8b48-4029-a75a-0a2f75790a18&appcode=POR093&eguid=09973e12-16f4-4f1d-a36c-113ea6f62952&pnum=20#

 https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/10/22/midcoast/midcoast-government/midcoast-maine-public-transportation-desert-solutions/ 

 15% fewer of the  youngest generation  feel that car  ownership is less important.

• https://www.statista.com/chart/33097/importance-of-owning-a-car-for-us-residents-by-generation/

.https://newspaper.pressherald.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=7197fe86-8d61-4e68-b9e9-94d7dbb2ffb5

 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?fs=1&tf=cm&source=mailto&body=Labor+unions+form+new+group+to+combat+climate+change+in+Maine%0A%0Ahttps://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-03-01/labor-unions-form-new-group-to-combat-climate-change-in-maine%0A%0AAbout+a+dozen+unions+have+developed+a+series+of+recommendations+on+ways+Maine+can+transition+to+a+clean-energy+economy+%E2%80%94+and+involve+labor+along+the+way.