Sign to Oppose A High-Speed Rail Bypass Through Southeastern Connecticut

please do not destroy our historic shoreline communities.

Please stop the Kenyon to Saybrook bypass.

Please stop the Kenyon to Saybrook bypass.

The plan is to take private homes and working Farms, several wildlife refuges, historic sites, a Land Trust and destroy even more of our coastlines and much more. All to save 20 minutes travel time. The cost and damage that will be done is not worth it. I highly oppose this bypass plan.

This is a terrible plan.

There is nothing good about this proposed rail bypass. Destroying farm land, historic sites, Old Mystic Village and more. Despicable.

This is an out rage. We must preserve our historic towns.

This is an out rage. We must preserve our historic towns.

I oppose this Bypass on all accounts...including the expense and invasion of private property.

Please keep our coastline just the way it is.

All of this to save 20 minutes from New York to Boston? We need Mystic & Westerly stations

I oppose the bypass. The current plan will do irreparable damage to historic towns. It will also bypass Westerly RI. We need rail service!

I oppose

I think AMTRAK should make progress in better and faster performance. I also think the price of the ticket should come down for the traveler. However, it is so important to protect the natural formation of the southeastern coastal route to preserve the integrity of the landscape and its' future biological and geophysical contribution to the state of Connecticut.

I absolutely oppose any suggestion of a high-speed rail bypass near my home in Mystic CT now or in the future !!

Oppose bypass

I recently became aware of the Kenyon to Old Lyme Bypass that is part of the Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Master Plan from May, 2010 (NEC IMP 2010). Not only have I looked over the plans for my region, but I took the time to download the entire document and to read through it. In summary, the plan reeks of doing something for those with influence, but not in the name of doing something positive. As a long time resident, please let me bring up a few points- 1) The ridership levels are not realistic and the footnotes within the plan recognize that these are the most optimistic numbers that Amtrak could come up with for the plan. We all know the history of predicting the usage of mass transit in this country (that is, it is consistently and wildly overly optimistic) and this plan is no exception (source; p18 NEC IMP 2010). 2) The ridership levels are shown as anyone who uses any aspect of the line in question for each line, which massively overestimates the number of riders who use the entirety of the line or who might see any benefit whatsoever from an increase in lines. Below are the ridership levels (over)estimated within the NEC Master Plan compared to the actual ridership levels published by NAPRail.org (source; https://www.narprail.org/site/assets/files/1038/nec_2015.pdf) for the Northeast Corridor- 2010 Amtrak (over)estimate; 13 million 2009 NAPRail.org actual passengers; 9.9 million 2010 NAPRail.org actual passengers; 10.2 million 2011 NAPRail.org actual passengers; 10.9 million 2012 NAPRail.org actual passengers; 11.4 million 2013 NAPRail.org actual passengers; 11.4 million 2014 NAPRail.org actual passengers; 11.6 million 2016 NAPRail.org actual passengers; 11.7 million The NARPRail.org numbers are also supported by Amtrak press releases (source; ATK-13-22 https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/730/658/FY13-Record-Ridership-ATK-13-122.pdf and ATK-14-096 https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/238/481/Amtrak-FY2014-Ridership-and-Revenue-ATK-14-096%20

I am opposed to the bypass even though I don't live on the route. It would destroy the beauty of our coastline and lovely New England towns. Perhaps people could it on a slightly slower train using the current route and use the time to think about how beautiful our country is and how they may help to take care of it.

Not good for SECT. NO!

Don't let the blueprint become the plan of record