Category: High-Speed Rail

Japan Offers High-Speed Rail Financing

November 19, 2013

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John Bobsin

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High-Speed Rail

While U.S.A. efforts to begin a true high-speed rail system remain mired in politics, Japan is eager to export its rail technology, and will even help finance systems that use it, according to reporting by Eric Pfanner in The New York Times (November 19). In a recent visit, ex–New York Governor George Pataki inspected Japanese…
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Amtrak Reaches for Highest Speed

September 25, 2012

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John Bobsin

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High-Speed Rail

All the talk is of high-speed trains, but NJ Transit commuters wonder whether they will ever benefit, as commuter trains with their many stops, long loading times, and terminal congestion delays seem to be bogged down in a 19th-Century era, often managing less than 30 miles per hour average end-to-end. Still, it’s possible to run…
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