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  • The Challenge of Electric Vehicles

    I was going to go to the Rail Passengers Association meeting in Kansas City, MO this past Saturday but events conspired against me. I will post about that later. As it turned out, I went to the Transit Day at Ozark Regional Transit Authority instead. It was held at the HQ on Hwy 412 (Sunset) […]

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    October 26, 2022
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  • Response From Asa Hutchinson

    As you may recall I sent Governor Asa Hutchinson a letter on behalf of ORBTS to request that he include Arkansas in the Corridor Identification Program. If we are to have more passenger rail in Arkansas and in NWA this is how it’s done. Short of a couple of billionaires financing the whole thing. But […]

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    October 21, 2022
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  • The October 13, 2022 Livestream with Lauren Mallet Hays On Passenger Rail in Arkansas

    Here is the video of the discussion I had with one of the candidates for Arkansas CD 3. Lauren Mallet Hays wanted to know more about passenger rail, its possibilities and impact for Arkansas. I tried to provide facts to answer her queries. We discussed the types of rail, the plans and means of implementing […]

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    October 15, 2022
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  • Politickin’ and Speechifyin’

    On Thursday Oct. 13, at 6 PM I will appear on a livestream with AR CD 3 candidate Lauren Mallet-Hays. We will discuss passenger rail transportation in NWA.

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    October 12, 2022
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  • Behold! The future!

    This video is a little bit old (2016) but still relevant. The video below describes the research of French manufacturer Alstom. Since 2016 in real world tests the technology described below is proven. In my life I have watched the USA squander every chance to reduce CO2 emissions. This is crazy and now it is […]

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    September 24, 2022
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  • The Write Stuff: A Letter to the Gov and candidates about trains

    This is my letter to Governor Asa Hutchinson. I am sending a copy to the 7 candidates for Governor of Arkansas. I will also send a copy to Mike Holcomb the Chair of the Arkansas House Public Transportation Committee. Danny Watson, the Vice Chair. And David Whitaker, one of our state representatives from NWA. A […]

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    September 5, 2022
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  • Candidate Forum

    We have about 80 days more or less (with early voting) until the election this November. This is a call to all candidates no matter what public office you run for to step up and share your transportation ideas/vision/platform with ORBTS. We give you a free forum. It not only helps you, it helps us. […]

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    August 21, 2022
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  • Election 2022

    The Arkansas Democratic Party held their Convention this past weekend. I listened to the candidates speeches for any hint of a transit/transportation platform. There were some statements about developing infrastructure but nothing specific. In their defense some other issues have cropped up in the past few months. Issues that have the many voters up in […]

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    August 14, 2022
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  • Hot Off the Presses- Changes to the 2045 MTP

    We could see this coming. What with all the new funding for transportation and carbon emissions legislation passed in the last year. That includes The Investment in Infrastructure and Jobs Bill (commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill) and The Inflation Reduction Act which includes some parts of Build Back Better, is due to be […]

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    August 10, 2022
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  • The Kansas State Rail Plan

    A few months ago I put it upon myself to write up, at least in bare outline, the Big Picture Rail Plan for Arkansas. I worked on it, and rewrote, and fussed over the bigger picture and finer details. I started to feel like I wasn’t making progress. I promised to write the BPRP up […]

    Richard Billingsley is a community organizer and a writer.

    July 24, 2022
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NWA GO envisions an integrated public transportation system for Northwest Arkansas to improve the vitality of the entire Ozarks region.

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