Amtrak, HSR, and the Need for Speed
by Robert Cruickshank Joseph Boardman was in Chicago talking to Illinois lawmakers about high speed trains, and threw cold water on hopes of implementing a California-style HSR system in the Midwest:...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread
by Rafael a mixed bag of HSR-related news today, some new, some that fell through the cracks over the past week or two. The Trade Commission of Spain in Chicago is hosting free webinar on HSR on...
View ArticleUP, Illinois, and USDOT Reach HSR Agreement
Good news out of Illinois today as the state and federal governments have reached a deal on high speed rail between Chicago and St. Louis: Illinois Transportation Secretary Gary Hannig today announced...
View Article6,000 Jobs in Illinois from High Speed Rail Construction
Illinois received $1.2 billion in federal funding to improve the Chicago to St. Louis route to achieve higher speeds, up to 110 mph, on the Amtrak route between the two big Midwestern cities. Today...
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Amtrak Tests Their Own Higher Speed Rail
A good passenger rail system in California includes trains running at a variety of speeds. Bullet trains can and will serve the main corridors, but there’s a lot of room to upgrade the existing...
View ArticleMidwest HSR Would Be A Profitable Success
The State of Illinois has completed its study of high speed rail and concluded it would carry millions of riders and operate without subsidy. (Not that there’s anything wrong with subsidies.) Crain’s...
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