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HIGH-SPEED RAIL

High-speed rail systems are in place throughout the Europe and other parts of the world, but are somewhat lacking in the U.S. That may soon change, as the U.S. economic stimulus bill calls for $8 billion in federal spending on high-speed rail systems. This topic tracks the projects in the U.S. and around the world, as well as competition for funding and contracts.

High-Speed Rail is part of Business Exchange, suggested by Pete Engardio. This topic contains 807 news and 2,236 blog items. Read updated news, blogs, and resources about High-Speed Rail. Find user-submitted articles and reactions on High-Speed Rail from like-minded professionals.

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Two track alternative through Bay Area picks up steam for high-speed r...more

That sparkling new $6.1 billion high-speed rail line that California has been eyeing for the Bay Area might get traded...

Merkel s Party Aims to Curb Green Gains at Two State Electionsmore

nuclear reactors.��� The Greens gained support in Baden-Wuerttemberg last year as they tapped into public opposition to...

Daley lays tracks for high-speed rail to O'Haremore

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The future of high-speed rail in California; 'Made in China' at the Sm...more

nearly 47 million by 2030, and we need to find a way to move all these new people. High-speed rail is the least...

Railway line in 150th anniversarymore

lined the 14km (9 miles) of track to mark the anniversary of the Exeter-Exmouth Avocet line. An Intercity High Speed...

Feds demand New Jersey repay $271 million for tunnel projectmore

Gov. Rick Scott of Florida rejected $2.4 billion in federal money that was to fund a proposed high-speed rail system.

Local transportation projects threatened without state budget solution...more

extend the 710 Freeway to connect with the 210 Freeway. "The only difference between the 710 Freeway and...

Trains Don?t Have a Monopoly on Subsidiesmore

the Editor: Re Fast Train to Nowhere, by Richard White (Op-Ed, April 24), which argues against subsidies for high-speed...

Trains Don���t Have a Monopoly on Subsidiesmore

To the Editor: Re , by Richard White (Op-Ed, April 24), which argues against subsidies for high-speed rail and the...

The media praises Liberals for...;more

in 2009 has turned into a personal compulsion to fund his galaxy of public "investments," such as high-speed...

High-speed train boost for countymore

High-speed train boost for Sandwich and Deal in Kent High speed trains leaving St Pancras station in central London...

High-speed train boost for countymore

High-speed train boost for Sandwich and Deal in Kent High speed trains leaving St Pancras station in central London...

Waiting for Tampa and Orlando's royal weddingmore

a regional passion for mass transportation in the wake of the recent loss of support for a Tampa-Orlando high-speed...

No royal wedding, but Tampa-Orlando's 'super regional' courtship conti...more

a regional passion for mass transportation in the wake of the recent loss of support for a Tampa-Orlando high-speed...

Former state senator's mother wins $56,095-a-year appointmentmore

A former member of the city council in Shafter, Calif., Frances Florez left the state board that oversees high-speed...

The Question: Is Australia too big for a high-speed rail network?more

I LOVE high-speed rail. My travels on Japan's Bullet Train and France's TGV were just wonderful. These rail systems...

In Defense of Robust Citiesmore

Francisco in [the South of Market neighborhood] to channel jobs away from suburban office parks. We should build...

High-Speed Derailmore

should be copying. It was supposed to be the modern equivalent of the Great Wall, a web of high-speed rail lines...

High-Speed Railmore

To the Editor: Re (editorial, April 21): Investing in high-speed rail in the Northeast corridor may make sense because...

Opinion: Obama's Millionaire Obsessionmore

in 2009 has turned into a personal compulsion to fund his galaxy of public "investments," such as high-speed...

Life in the slow lanemore

2010. There is little relief for the weary traveller on America���s rail system. The absence of true high-speed rail is...

Study: Midwest bullet train network to cost $83.6Bmore

at 150 mph, according to a study to be released on Thursday. The study, commissioned by the Midwest High Speed Rail...

Shifting Capital From the Productive to the Sexymore

triumphal projects?��� Whether it was the trains running on time in Italy, or the Moscow subways, or now high-speed...

China's Rail Problems May Mirror Our Ownmore

Charles Lane ( details the boondoggle that the once highly touted Chinese high-speed rail project has evolved into,...

America's transport infrastructure: Life in the slow lanemore

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