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The High Speed Rail for America Act of 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Good news, good new!  A bipartisan bill for investment in HSR, co-sponsored by Sen. Kerry and Sen. Specter.  From the LA Times and Sen. Kerry’s press release: The High-Speed Rail for America Act of 2008 builds upon the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 which reauthorizes Amtrak and authorizes $1.5 billion over a five-year [...]

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The Rail Revolution

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Air travel still hasn’t returned to pre-9/11 levels and the looming recession isn’t helping. The New York Times has reported that varying forms of aviophobia affect 40% of the world’s population and that 6.5% of Americans refuse to fly under any circumstances. If the current population of the United States is 305 million people then [...]

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