dailykos.com - 4/17/2009
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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 ...
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
whitehouse.gov - 4/16/2009
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whitehouse.gov —
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.
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A Vision for High Speed 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
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The Great Orange Satan writes: That Georgia network might be nice, but they want to secede, so send the money (and jobs and economic development) elsewhere. Snark aside, I do think there's a pretty good case to be made for, on balance, funding mass transit of various types in places which have historically had some commitment to it. It's important to strengthen existing systems, and it's also easier to build systems where there's actually local support (from both the public and local politicians). ...
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reuters.com 4/16/2009 — 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 ...
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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CNN Political Ticker 4/17/2009
resident Obama continued to make the case for sweeping economic reforms this week.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — President Obama continued to make the case for sweeping economic reforms this week as he approaches the symbolically important ...
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