Use this fantasy high-speed rail map to plan your epic train adventure
Sarah Laskow | Grist Some may dream of shaking up their routine by getting out on the open highway for a road trip; public transit lovers dream of getting on a train and watching the world speed by....
View ArticleHigh-Speed Rail to the Future?
David Levinson | Sustainable Cities Collective Maps are powerful ideas. A map once drawn can be viewed as a contract, a promise to build something. We live with the ghosts of maps drawn long ago....
View ArticleMap Shows Where 220mph Trains Would Go in the U.S.
Charlie White | Mashable Whether a high-speed rail system ever gets built in the United States is still up in the air, but if it is, artist and activist Alfred Twu has figured out exactly where those...
View ArticleD.C.’s Union Station featured at national rail summit
Daniel J. Sernovitz | Washington Business Journal Courtesy Shalom Baranes Associates PC Amtrak’s plans to upgrade Union Station, along with Akridge’s plans to develop a mixed-use project above the...
View ArticleVirginia transportation officials to update public on Southeast high-speed...
| Progressive Railroading A public meeting to review revisions to proposed work in Chesterfield County, Va., that’s part of the Southeast High Speed Rail (SEHSR) project will be held Feb. 26 at the...
View ArticleTrainsforming America: Advocating for More Robust Rail [VIDEO]
Jeff McIntire-Strasburg | Sustainable Cities Collective Taken the train lately? If you live outside of the United States, probably: travel by rail, whether for daily commutes or longer trips, is...
View ArticleCA: Suit Aganist Everybody, Invites Anyone to Argue HSR in Court
Mike Rosenberg | Mass Transit Magazine If you’re reading this, consider yourself served. The state of California has filed a civil case against everyone — literally, the whole world — seeking to...
View ArticleMiddle America: Planning for Declining Midwestern Cities
| Sustainable Cities Collective What once was an economically thriving steel, automobile, and manufactured parts region of the twentieth century, the modern Midwest landscape depicts a contrasting...
View ArticleIn France, a Truly Low-Cost High-Speed Rail Option
Yonah Freemark | The Transport Politic » To convince even more passengers to take the train, the SNCF national rail carrier plans to offer very cheap tickets. France’s SNCF national rail service has,...
View ArticleThe End of Federal Transportation Funding as We Know It
Eric Jaffe | The Atlantic Cities This month marks 120 years since the federal government got involved in funding road transportation. (Strange as it sounds, bicycle advocates did the bulk of the...
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