High Speed Rail: Background and Issues

Publisher
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Price
Hardcover: $165,-
Authors
Jonathan S. Fischer
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Summary

Transportation Infrastructure-Roads, Highways, Bridges, Airports and Mass Transit

While Congress has been interested in high speed rail (HSR) since the 1960s, the provision of $8 billion for intercity passenger rail projects in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, enacted in February 2009, under the Obama administration, has invigorated the prospect of high speed passenger rail transportation in the United States. This book provides an overview of high speed rail in the United States and discusses what high speed rail would encompass, describes congressional initiatives to promote HSR and looks at high speed rail in selected other countries. Also discussed is the rationale for developing HSR, cost estimates and some of the challenges expected in implementing HSR.