US HIGH SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION

21st Century Transportation for America

2 FUTURES FOR AMERICA TO CHOOSE FROM
 
"It depends on where you want to end up"
 
America stands right at the decision time for shaping our future. Right now, America's future can go in 2 radically different directions, all depending on exactly what our leaders invest in today that will shape our tomorrow. Every investment has a major role in shaping the future we all deal with every day.

Rather than leaving it to chance, and the possibility we'll get 50 more years of the same transportation mess we've had for the last 50 years, its important to decide first the kind of future we want, and then build that future step by step.
 
                  INVESTMENT
 
 
A
-Continued highway investment
-Highway expansions
-Intelligent highways
-Driverless cars

B
-Rail investment at all levels
-National high speed rail
-Regional metros
-Local light rail & streetcars
 
 
            RESULT
 
.

A
-Endless congestion
-Continuous accidents
-Increased dependence on fossil fuels
-Increased national security energy supply problems
-Increased carbon output accelerating climate change

B
-Reduction in congestion with new alternative
-Extremely high level of safety with rail
-Significantly lowers dependence on fossil fuels (powered by electricity)
-Significant reduction in carbon and all pollutants
   
 
 
 

HIGHWAYS       


  VS.    

FAST TRAINS
 
  Rush Hour
  
 


 
4,000 people per hour             

  20,000 people per hour
(at 8 miles per hour)                 

           (at 200 miles per hour)
 
Click both videos at the same time for side-by-side comparison
 
 
 
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Trains outperform both flying and driving in every measure - capacity, mobility, speed, safety, cost, efficiency, energy consumption, profitability, carbon footprint, physical footprint, economic development, smart growth, and national security.
 
 
 
HIGH SPEED RAIL INVESTMENT
 
 
 
HSR GLOBAL OPERATIONS 

China - 1200 trainsets operating  France - 600 trainsets operating  Japan - 450 trainsets operating  Spain - 300 trainsets operating  USA - 20 trainsets operating

Check out the global HSR fleet   

2,500 high speed trainsets operating!

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China built more than 12,000 miles of state-of-the-art high speed rail in 9 years!
 
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US HSR.  Making it happen.