huffingtonpost.com - 2/19/2009
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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 expansion be? Matthew Yglesias reports on ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/17/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
David Rogers has a piece in Politico that
offers a nice summary of the recovery plan’s actual...
high-speed rail provisions and the direct role of the White House in securing them: The $787.2 billion economic recovery bill — to be signed by ...
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Politico’s David Rogers Catches Republicans Lying About ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/13/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
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 ...
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High-Speed Rail in the Stimulus
fra.dot.gov - 2/13/2009
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fra.dot.gov —
Click on the map for a larger view.
Designated High-Speed Rail Corridors Map (click on the map...
for a larger view) As of January 2002, the FRA has designated ten high-speed corridors under section 1010 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of ...
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