BLUE ASH — Traffic issues and finding alternatives to current modes of transportation are the topics of a symposium this week.

        Thomas Shrout Jr., an expert in development of light rail service, will speak Wednesday 5 as a guest of the Hamilton County Envi ronmental Action Committee.

        The free public meeting will be 6 p.m. in the Blue Ash City Council chambers, 4343 Cooper Road. Mr. Shrout will speak at 7 p.m.

        Mr. Shrout is director of Citizens for Modern Transit, a nonprofit organization composed of 1,600 volunteers representing a cross section of St. Louis business leaders and citizens, said Jodi Weiser, committee spokeswoman.

        “Mr Shrout successfully launched a grass-roots effort to establish the St. Louis MetroLink light rail system that opened in 1993,” Ms. Weiser said.

        Current ridership is 40,000 — “well above the projected 17,000,” she said.

        Mr. Shrout is part of the meeting “Transportation 2010 — The Future of Our Region.”

        Other topics include alternately fueled vehicles, and how working from home will affect the work force in the future.

        Several alternately fueled vehicles will be displayed from 6-9 p.m.

        Information: 946-7802; visit www.blueash.com for directions to city hall.

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