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Archive for the ‘High-Speed Rail’ Category
» Expanded taxation at the state level could simplify the financing of regional high-speed rail networks. Most of the discussion these days about how to expand funding for alternative transportation revolves around the role of the federal government: everyone in the game seems to be desperately waiting for members of Congress to move forward with a new transportation bill with hopes that senators and representatives will miraculously fall upon a brilliant funding device that will
» Initial project would link Birmingham to the capital in 49 minutes, but future connections would extend north to Leeds and Manchester. The fear that only one section of the United Kingdom’s Midlands would receive new high-speed rail service has been laid to rest. Hoping to draw unity around a single compromise alignment, UK Secretary of State for Transport Andrew Adonis has drawn out a twenty-year plan that would connect London with Manchester and Leeds
» China intends to extend its high-speed rail system towards south Asia and Europe with the goal of two-day journey times between London and Beijing. If China weren’t already halfway through the construction of the world’s largest high-speed rail network, it would be difficult to take this proposal seriously. But the most populated country on earth has shown no deficit of skill recently in undertaking massive public works projects, and its ambitions
» A station at Heathrow looks more promising when envisioned as a connection between the United Kingdom’s northern and southern rail networks. In my Friday article on the brewing controversy over whether to link Heathrow Airport to the United Kingdom’s proposed HS2 high-speed rail network, I dismissed the idea rather quickly, arguing that the airport station proposed by the Conservative Party would multiply construction costs and increase travel times. Because Heathrow is not  Yonah Freemark |  March 7th, 2010 |  Filed Under: Airport, High-Speed Rail, United Kingdom |  25 comments
» The British government is set to produce a high-speed plan that does not include a direct connection to Heathrow Airport. Is that a problem? It’s one of the standard arguments made by promoters of high-speed rail: by investing in multimodal hubs at airports, trains can reduce congestion in the air by encouraging people flying short journeys to switch to rail, even while expanding access to long-distance routes only feasible by airplane. The Continue reading this post »
» Talgo will establish train manufacturing plant in Milwaukee. But state Republicans suggest they’ll oppose rail expansion if it gets in the way of highway spending. Despite being a marginal player in the world high-speed rail market, Spanish train manufacturer Talgo is hoping to make a big push for orders in North America. Thanks to a deal it signed with Wisconsin last year, it’s well on its way: The company has agreed to locate a new U.S. plant |
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