Passenger Rail Advisory Committee (PRAC)

Membership

In 2008, the Iowa Department of Transportation formed a Passenger Rail Advisory Committee whose members are helping shape the vision for passenger rail service in the state and make it a reality. Membership includes:

• Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
• Amtrak
• Bi-State Regional Commission
• BNSF Railway company
• CN
• Central Iowa Rail Corridor Alliance
• City of Osceola
• Corridor Metropolitan Planning Organization
• Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company
• Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
• East Central Intergovernmental Association
• I-80 Corridor Passenger Train Task Force
• Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers
• Iowa Department of Economic Development
• Iowa Interstate Railroad
• Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments
• Johnson County Council of Governments
• Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
• Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission
• Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council
• Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission
• Union Pacific Railroad
• Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority