Q&A: High Speed Rail Update
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"We're designing a rail line from scratch to reach high speeds for the first time ever in the U.S."
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about High-speed rail
Talking Headways Podcast: The Essential California High-Speed Rail Update
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This week, the discussion is about high speed rail’s progress in California. And there's a lot of it, so listen in! Streetsblog SF's Roger Rudick also joins the conversation, which is a treat.
High Speed Rail Alliance Wants Better Train Service Across the Nation
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“The system would be useful for so many more people,” said executive director Rick Harnish. “It really would be a game-changer for Chicago-area transit.”
Commentary: New York Times Publishes California’s Discredited, High Speed Rail-Hating Hack
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State's infamous, Whac-A-Mole reporter who hates everything on rails pops up again
Opinion: Slow Transportation Should Be a Human Right
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American culture, and particularly American transportation culture, is profoundly rooted in the idea that traveling fast is best — because if we don't, that culture insists, we won't be able to make or spend money efficiently enough to retain our position as a global economic superpower.
But it doesn't have to be that way — and we don't have to live in a dromocracy. Here's why.
Advocates: Cutting High Speed Rail Out of Climate Bill Was a Mistake
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The Democrats' decision to axe high speed rail from the climate bill has some advocates wondering what it will take for lawmakers to finally understand the environmentally transformative potential of the mode.