US HIGH SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION

21st Century Transportation for America

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
 

AIRPLANES
VS.

FAST TRAINS
 
  Winter Travel
  
 


 
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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)
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jobs | economic recovery | mobility | safety | energy security | climate solution
 
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US HSR.  Making it happen.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIDEO PAGES
 
 
TOPICS
  • Politics of High Speed Rail
  • HSR Investment
  • Appropriations & Reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Bill
  • Ongoing Federal Support for HSR
  • Political Sustainability for HSR
  • Linking Different Agencies for HSR
  • Permanent Funding Sources
  • National Defense, Energy Security and HSR
  • Bringing High Speed Rail to America
  • Why High Speed
  • High Speed Rail Around the World
  • Real Estate Development Opportunities
  • Transit Oriented Development
  • Station Area Planning
  • Rail Station Architecture and Design
  • Creating Jobs & Stimulating the Economy
  • Scaling Up HSR Renewable Energy
  • Planning New HSR Systems
  • Streamlining Application Process
  • Financing HSR with Private Capital
  • Public Private Partnerships
  • Infrastructure Fund HSR
  • Technology of HSR
  • Integrating with Transit
 
USHSR National Rail Map
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USHSR on FOX
 
USHSR in Time magazine
USHSR in Time: "All Aboard?" July 19 issue
TIME on HSR

"The goal is to create attractive alternatives to long drives and short flights, which would relieve road and air congestion; reduce carbon emissions, highway deaths and dependence on oil from foreign thugs or the blackened Gulf; create jobs, jump start a new domestic manufacturing industry; and improve the competitiveness and convenience of the U.S. economy." 
"You wouldn't have to get to the airport ridiculously early, take off your shoes, turn off your phone or pay extra for luggage; you wouldn't have to worry about the weather or some Icelandic volcano canceling your trip.  You wouldn't have to watch the road, wait in traffic, find parking or pull over to stretch your legs; you wouldn't risk arrest or an accident by drinking or texting." -Time, July 19, 2010
 
USHSR on CNN

"If we are to continue economic development and prosperity, we will need to greatly reduce our daily oil consumption, and high-speed rail is the only possible solution that can scale up to meet the growing demand of American mobility while greatly reducing our oil consumption."  -USHSR President Andy Kunz on CNN
 
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