whitehouse.gov - 4/16/2009
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Joined by famed rail enthusiast Vice President Biden, the President releases his vision for high speed rail as funded by the Recovery Act and the coming budget.
fra.dot.gov - 4/16/2009
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fra.dot.gov —
Vision of High-Speed Rail in America President Obama
proposes to help address the nation's transportation challenges by...
launching new an efficient, high-speed passenger rail network in 100-600 mile corridors that connect communities across America. ...
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FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION : PASSENGER RAIL
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 4/16/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
I’m watching Barack Obama’s remarks on high-speed rail,
which I think are excellent, but I’m more interested...
in the fact sheet I’ve gotten in the old inbox from the White House since it sheds some light on something that I ...
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Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan
reuters.com - 4/16/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is expected
to unveil its plans on Thursday for accelerating development...
of high-speed rail, a concept that in the past has had mixed political support and little public funding. "It will be broad and ...
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U.S. readies plans for high-speed rail development
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Is "ObamaRail" Coming to Your State?
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... President Obama and Vice President Biden unveiled their plans for nationwide high-speed rail today, explaining how they will spend the $13 billion earmarked in the stimulus and the President's budget for the construction of super sweet new trains. ( ...
'It is happening right now,' just not here
Political Animal —
... package, with an additional $1 billion in the budget for HSR, all of which Obama described as a "jump start" towards the broader national goal. And where would the time-saving, emissions-reducing, job-creating, traffic-cutting rail go? The White House report identified 10 high-speed rail corridors as "potential" recipients of funding: California, Pacific Northwest, South Central, Gulf Coast, Chicago Hub Network, Florida, Southeast, Keystone, Empire and Northern New England. A press release added, "Also, opportunities exist for the Northeast Corridor from Washington to Boston ...
Yglesias Smackdown
Matthew Yglesias —
... Incidentally, just to show that if nothing else this is an administration that takes its graphic design seriously, today’s HSR announcement comes with a new and more attractive version of the Department of Transportation’s old map of proposed HSR corridors: ...
Obama's high-speed rail vision
Daily Kos —
It's nice having a transit-freak like Joe Biden in the White House. What we're talking about is a vision for high-speed rail in America. Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city. No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. (Laughter.) Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation, and ending up just blocks from your destination. Imagine what a great project that would be to rebuild ...
Obama's vision, fast train edition
Power Line —
... I had the same thought this past Thursday when Obama gave his speech promoting a high-speed rail network . While he didn't peddle this megabillion dollar fantasy boondoggle as a measure indispensable to reduction of the federal budget, he did promote it on equally fantastic grounds. He offered it to alleviate traffic congestion. How stupid does he think we are? Reason's ...
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Obama's high-speed rail vision
dailykos.com 4/17/2009 — It's nice having a transit-freak like Joe Biden in the White House . What we're talking about is a vision for high-speed rail in America. Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city. No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no ...
High Speed Rail: A Genuinely Horrible Idea
corner.nationalreview.com 4/17/2009 — I sat on the transportation board of a sizeable county for a year, and had the displeasure of hearing/reading numerous presentations on various forms of passenger rail. Here are four reasons why Obama's idea to make a major investment in passenger ...
The High-Speed Rail Stimulus?
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/9/2009 —
John Judis has an article expressing skepticism that Barack Obama’s stimulus is of the right size and nature to meet our present challenges that winds up touching on a subject near and dear to my heart— high-speed rail :
One area that is ...
Does High Speed Rail Have a Future?
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 9/1/2009 — Forgive me for talking about high speed rail even though Ryan Avent says I'm not allowed to . I just can't control myself, I'm afraid. As libertarians go, I'm a big fan of high-speed rail. I think it would be very nice if we had some in ...
High-Speed Rail in the Stimulus
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 2/13/2009 —
Good news for people who like fast trains as it seems a significant amount of high speed rail funds made it into the stimulus:
And while many initiatives were scaled back as Congress and the White House sought to cut the overall cost, there were ...
Map Of Potential High-Speed Rail Built By The Stimulus
huffingtonpost.com 2/19/2009 — After much clamoring by energy hawks , who knows what it was that finally brought high-speed rail to the stimulus -- perhaps a little nudge from ol' Amtrak Joe ? -- but it got in, to the tune of $8 billion .
And now the question is, where will the ...
Mark Hemingway’s Preposterous High-Speed Rail Spin
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 2/19/2009 — To review what we know about high-speed rail in the stimulus, a last-minute change to the legislation ensured that $8 billion will be appropriated to be spent on high-speed rail projects. Numerous conservative commentators and several Republican ...
Richmond-to-D.C. high-speed rail route gets support
timesdispatch.com 4/28/2009 — Imagine a 45-minute trip from Richmond to Washington—without taking an airplane. Now imagine Republicans and Democrats agreeing on the federal stimulus package. If the issue is high-speed rail, both could be possible. Yesterday, the potential ...
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