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| » Fast Forward: HSR in the U.S. | 25 Oct 2008 |
| » Federal funds for CAHSR | 6 Nov 2008 |
| » Clearing up the facts about high-speed rail | 19 Nov 2008 |
| » Next steps for HSR | 20 Nov 2008 |
| » Kerry’s HSR Bill | 8 Dec 2008 |
| » NY to DC Supertrain Announcement | 12 Dec 2008 |
| » Details on new NEC corridor | 15 Dec 2008 |
| » HSR: Public or Private? | 22 Dec 2008 |
| » Southeast HSR Advances | 9 Jan 2009 |
| » Midwest HSR wants stimulus funds | 14 Jan 2009 |
| » New York HSR floats ahead | 19 Jan 2009 |
| » Support for New York HSR | 26 Jan 2009 |
| » Texas T-Bone pitched to legislature | 29 Jan 2009 |
| » Envisioning an interstate Rail Network | 1 Feb 2009 |
| » Strong response to HSR solicitations | 6 Feb 2009 |
| » High-Speed Rail is not pork | 14 Feb 2009 |
| » Stopping the wrong project before it happens | 19 Feb 2009 |
| » Jindal repeats GOP HSR to Vegas Lie | 25 Feb 2009 |
| » Competitors for HSR grants | 26 Feb 2009 |
| » New York HSR plans | 5 Mar 2009 |
| » Defining high-speed rail | 9 Mar 2009 |
| » New York officially announces rail push | 9 Mar 2009 |
| » Washington announces Cascade corridor investments | 11 Mar 2009 |
| » Platform shortage threatens HSR into Transbay | 12 Mar 2009 |
| » Rochester transit plans threatened by HSR | 16 Mar 2009 |
| » GAO report recommends federal role on HSR | 22 Mar 2009 |
| » Transbay likely to be one of two SF stations on HSR | 11 Apr 2009 |
| » Midwest wants $3.5 billion for HSR | 14 Apr 2009 |
| » Administration releases HSR plan | 17 Apr 2009 |
| » SNCF/Trenitalia to compete in 2010 | 17 Apr 2009 |
| » Reduced travel times require high speeds | 12 May 2009 |
| » Illinois and Florida advance proposals | 25 May 2009 |
| » Political will and high-speed rail | 1 Jun 2009 |
| » State officials, administration meet on HSR | 3 June 2009 |
| » Can HSR save manufacturing? | 6 June 2009 |
| » Chicago-St. Louis should not be a minimal investment | 23 June 2009 |
| » Study advocates 220 mph operation for Chicago-St. Louis | 30 June 2009 |
| » Las Vegas-L.A. route now designated corridor | 2 July 2009 |
| » Southwest wants a Denver-El Paso Link | 10 July 2009 |
| » Applicants for stimulus’ high-speed funds | 11 July 2009 |
| » Calgary-Edmonton corridor considered for improvements | 21 July 2009 |
| » The fatal flaw of Florida high-speed rail | 22 July 2009 |
| » USHSR Association presents network plan | 27 July 2009 |
| » Connection Montréal to the American rail network | 3 August 2009 |
| » On numbers and high-speed rail | 6 August 2009 |
| » Jindal, flip-flopper extraordinaire | 24 August 2009 |
| » Applications in for Phase I of HSR Corridors | 25 August 2009 |
| » The need for HSR full funding agreements | 28 August 2009 |
| » Concerns about end-point connectivity are overreaching | 4 September 2009 |
| » Getting the price right on HSR | 8 September 2009 |
| » Reframing the fare debate | 8 September 2009 |
| » Maglev funding expands from US DOT | 14 September 2009 |
| » Assessment tools for planning high-speed rail | 17 September 2009 |
| » Securing the financial health of high-speed rail projects | 22 September 2009 |
| » SNCF plans for American rail | 19 September 2009 |
| » Learning from the Keystone Corridor | 28 September 2009 |
| » Rochester rail link under consideration | 1 October 2009 |
| » Final applications for corridor level rail grants | 5 October 2009 |
| » Is direct service necessary for rail system success? | 30 October 2009 |
| » Opening high-speed rail to the market | 30 November 2009 |
| » With competition in high-speed operation, who wins? | 29 December 2009 |
| » Central Japan Railway enters competition for U.S. high-speed market | 25 January 2010 |
| » High-speed rail grants announced; California, Florida, and Illinois are lucky recipients | 28 January 2010 |
| » Wisconsin moves ahead with train purchase deal, intent on connecting Madison with Milwaukee | 3 March 2010 |
| » High-speed rail’s airport connection | 5 March 2010 |
| » Reconsidering the airport connection: As a through station on a bypass line | 7 March 2010 |
| » The sprawling effects of high-speed rail | 18 March 2010 |
| » Colorado promotes two-line, $21 billion high-speed connections across state | 30 March 2010 |
| » Is the U.S. ready for a sustained high-speed rail funding source? | 19 April 2010 |
| » Amtrak studies Florida East-Coast Railway service as state advances high-speed rail | 3 May 2010 |
| » FRA accepts applications for state high-speed rail planning | 21 May 2010 |
| » Southeast High-Speed Rail releases detailed proposals for Raleigh-Richmond corridor | 4 June 2010 |
| » What would it take to fully invest in the Northeast Corridor? | 17 June 2010 |
| » Overselling the benefits of high-speed rail | 13 August 2010 |
| » With more federal funding, Florida in striking distance of new high-speed line | 25 October 2010 |
| » DOT releases second round of high-speed rail grants, bringing good news to California | 28 October 2010 |
| » California planners recommend Fresno-Hanford for first phase of state’s high-speed line | 24 November 2010 |
| » As Ohio and Wisconsin sink into self-imposed austerity, California and Florida profit on rail | 9 December 2010 |
| » A fiscally conservative approach is the right one for Florida High-Speed Rail | 7 January 2011 |
| » What value for empirical claims in the development of a national rail network? | 13 January 2011 |
| » Florida Governor Rick Scott rejects funding for Tampa-Orlando intercity rail project | 16 February 2011 |
| » Private sector participation in intercity rail service | 11 March 2011 |
| » Deciphering conservative objections to the Obama Administration’s high-speed rail program | 18 March 2011 |
| » Washington, California, and the curious case of the railway to somewhere | 11 May 2011 |
| » Discussing privatization of the Northeast Corridor, but for what aims? | 31 May 2011 |
| » Are private operations on the Northeast Corridor the means to an end or just an end? | 17 June 2011 |
| » Doing right by the public: PPPs in high-speed rail | 27 August 2011 |
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| » Transit in N.C.’s Triangle | 17 Nov 2008 |
| » Fare Zones in Charlotte | 6 Jan 2009 |
| » Atlanta’s Beltline under menace | 27 Jan 2009 |
| » Central Florida rail advances | 5 Feb 2009 |
| » Charlotte runs out of tax funds | 5 Feb 2009 |
| » Charlotte wants a new streetcar, but has no money | 10 Feb 2009 |
| » Charlotte continues fight over stimulus bill | 12 Feb 2009 |
| » Beltline left untouched for transit | 7 Mar 2009 |
| » Atlanta’s MARTA close to service cuts | 26 Mar 2009 |
| » Virginia expands rail service | 3 Apr 2009 |
| » Sunrail and Florida HSR linked | 11 Apr 2009 |
| » Augusta readies streetcar proposal | 22 Apr 2009 |
| » N.C. opens up to transit sales taxes | 22 Apr 2009 |
| » Charlotte businessmen push roads | 28 Apr 2009 |
| » Miami considers abandoning transit tax | 29 Apr 2009 |
| » New Orleans wants a Desire streetcar | 26 May 2009 |
| » Winston-Salem plans a modern streetcar | 17 June 2009 |
| » Walt Disney monorail crashes | 6 July 2009 |
| » North Carolina agrees to local option sales taxes | 6 August 2009 |
| » Atlanta plans for streetcar projects | 24 September 2009 |
| » Florida plans East Coast rail services | 20 October 2009 |
| » Building connections in Miami’s urban core | 4 November 2009 |
| » Tampa Bay closer to getting light rail 5 November 2009 |
| » Florida convenes special sessions for SunRail, Tri-Rail, High-Speed Rail | 4 December 2009 |
| » Rail becomes election issue in Kentucky | 14 December 2009 |
| » Amtrak plans to compete for Florida service and purchase dozens of new trains | 12 January 2010 |
| » North Carolina’s Triangle questions how best to connect a multipolar region | 27 January 2010 |
| » Nashville considers light rail but the city’s unfit for it | 16 February 2010 |
| » How does Lakeland fit into Florida’s strategy for high-speed rail? | 26 February 2010 |
| » How viable is commuter rail for North Carolina’s Triangle | 12 May 2010 |
| » Charlotte’s Northeast Corridor light rail line underfunded, likely to be shortened | 25 May 2010 |
| » As Virginia governor demands seats on Metro board, state transit involvement in question | 19 June 2010 |
| » Miami’s long-sought plans for metro extensions dissolve as funding disappears | 12 July 2010 |
| » Jacksonville’s transit future, at least for now, is in bus rapid transit | 10 August 2010 |
| » For now, Atlanta opts to promote streetcar starter line over Beltline | 23 August 2010 |
| » Tampa outlines plan for spending after transit tax referendum | 15 September 2010 |
| » Charlotte’s once-ambitious rapid transit plan faces budget ax | 19 November 2010 |
| » In Charlotte, a busy highway may be no place for rapid transit | 22 January 2011 |
| » Atlanta transit expansion comes closer as region prepares for tax referendum | 6 April 2011 |
| » In Atlanta and Seattle, hope for better transit through referendums | 15 August 2011 |
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| » Detroit considers a streetcar | 18 Nov 2008 |
| » Detroit regional transit plan approved | 9 Dec 2008 |
| » Fare increases in Minneapolis | 6 Jan 2009 |
| » Columbus looks at light rail | 11 Jan 2009 |
| » Prioritizing Ohio’s 3C Line | 29 Jan 2009 |
| » Milwaukee questions streetcars | 2 Feb 2009 |
| » Kansas City abandons light rail | 17 Feb 2009 |
| » Milwaukee readies for new streetcar | 14 Mar 2009 |
| » Bringing rapid transit to Detroit | 16 Mar 2009 |
| » Michigan fooled by hydrogen-maglev train | 17 Mar 2009 |
| » Wisconsin plots rail expansion | 23 Mar 2009 |
| » Chicago to rework Blue Line | 21 Apr 2009 |
| » Kansas City’s next referendum? | 24 Apr 2009 |
| » Chicago recommends Red Line extension route | 5 June 2009 |
| » Hearings for Michigan supertrain | 15 June 2009 |
| » Cincinnati’s Riverfront Center attracts criticism | 7 July 2009 |
| » Chicago transit advocates see “Gold Line” | 8 July 2009 |
| » Kansas City begins construction on Troost BRT | 24 July 2009 |
| » U of M wants more mitigation for Central Corridor LRT | 29 July 2009 |
| » Better options for Minneapolis’ southwest corridor | 11 August 2009 |
| » Chicago moves forward with three rapid transit extensions | 13 August 2009 |
| » Chicago selects LPA for Circle Line | 9 October 2009 |
| » Chicago Olympics may depend on better transit | 10 September 2009 |
| » Chicago Block 37 Superstation, Unused | 12 October 2009 |
| » Kansas City envisions massive commuter rail system | 13 October 2009 |
| » Madison gets new transit authority | 9 November 2009 |
| » Minneapolis Northstar line opens | 16 November 2009 |
| » Chances for Minnesota’s Northern Lights Express Dim | 30 November 2009 |
| » Congress approves M1 involvement in Detroit light rail | 21 December 2009 |
| » Does Chicago transit funding favor whites? | 8 January 2010 |
| » Chicago completes Brown Line renovation | 13 January 2010 |
| » Detroit stakes its hopes for renaissance on transit, but it has bigger hurdles ahead | 8 February 2010 |
| » Major transportation plan for Indianapolis could link region with light and commuter rail | 10 February 2010 |
| » St. Louis Metro promotes transit investment plan but it will need sales tax support to see it through | 15 February 2010 |
| » Despite federal investment, Ohio 3C corridor under threat from state Republicans | 19 February 2010 |
| » Illinois moves towards rail authority with goal of developing true high-speed service | 21 March 2010 |
| » Minneapolis advances streetcar system plan | 1 April 2010 |
| » Major endorsement from St. Louis voters for transit improvements | 7 April 2010 |
| » For Detroit, BRT or rail first? | 13 April 2010 |
| » Milwaukee officials advancing streetcar project with goal of attracting more federal funds | 6 May 2010 |
| » Cincinnati approves funding for streetcar, increasing likelihood of federal commitment | 14 May 2010 |
| » Terminus or through-route for Madison’s downtown station? | 18 May 2010 |
| » In Ann Arbor, a boomerang of transit improvements proposed | 16 June 2010 |
| » Readying streetcar plans, Cincinnati considers reducing parking requirements | 21 June 2010 |
| » Ohio Hub advances as passenger rail connections to Toledo and Pittsburgh studied | 19 July 2010 |
| » St. Louis Loop district gets endorsement from feds with grant for streetcar | 26 July 2010 |
| » Chicago’s parking fiasco fails to stem calls for privatization of infrastructure | 19 August 2010 |
| » Chicago’s plans for a high-speed airport link revived thanks to investor interest | 20 August 2010 |
| » Chicago Red Line Extension moves forward as some push cheaper alternative | 4 October 2010 |
| » New transit plan for Indianapolis emphasizes frequency over splash | 9 November 2010 |
| » A 100-year-old Chicago transit line’s replacement pondered | 2 February 2011 |
| » In Rosemont, outside of Chicago, stuck in the land of missed opportunity | 2 March 2011 |
| » Losing state support, Cincinnati’s streetcar project in peril | 22 March 2011 |
| » A step ahead for light rail in the Twin Cities | 27 April 2011 |
| » Alignment questions for Detroit’s rail line, almost ready for construction | 4 May 2011 |
| » Rahm Emanuel and the power of municipal entrepreneurship | 15 May 2011 |
| » In Chicago, a massive BRT plan could be the best bet for inner-city mobility | 19 August 2011 |
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| » Northern Texas transit plan approved | 12 Dec 2008 |
| » Phoenix Light Rail Opens | 28 Dec 2008 |
| » Houston readies four LRT lines by 2012 | 16 Feb 2009 |
| » Dallas evaluates DFW connection | 8 Mar 2009 |
| » Houston’s transit system advances | 28 May 2009 |
| » What’s taking Austin so long? | 8 June 2009 |
| » Austin wants LRT project soon | 1 September 2009 |
| » Green Line opens to South Dallas | 13 September 2009 |
| » El Paso/Juarez plan transit link | 30 September 2009 |
| » Plans for transit in Downtown Dallas | 24 November 2009 |
| » Houston leaders fear too large, too quick, a commitment to light rail | 17 March 2010 |
| » With modest expectations, Austin opens rail line after years of delays | 22 March 2010 |
| » Oklahoma City readies modern streetcar as centerpiece of major redevelopment plan | 24 March 2010 |
| » Rallying against rail in southeast Houston | 5 April 2010 |
| » More light rail presents itself as the answer for a growing Phoenix | 16 April 2010 |
| » Its big system plans now stretched too thin, Dallas considers ways to cut back | 21 April 2010 |
| » Once assured, Dallas light rail expansion to airport now off track | 28 June 2010 |
| » Fort Worth wins grant for streetcar, but whether it’s ready is another question | 13 July 2010 |
| » Dallas compromises, finding funds for some light rail projects | 11 August 2010 |
| » An extensive new addition to Dallas’ light rail network makes it America’s longest | 5 December 2010 |
| » Austin contemplates urban rail but skepticism is in the air | 23 April 2011 |
| » North of Dallas, a new commuter rail line that never makes it downtown | 23 June 2011 |
| » Dallas, a transit builder if not pioneer, moves forward on streetcar | 23 July 2011 |
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