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Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of Transportation Announce Effort to Cut Costs, Fast Track Construction and Job Creation for High-Speed Rail Projects in the Northeast Corridor

Announce Effort to Cut Costs, Fast Track Construction and Job Creation for High-Speed Rail Projects in the Northeast Corridor Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a pilot project aimed at expediting the environmental reviews for high-speed passenger rail service in the Northeast Corridor through an innovative and more efficient process. Through this pilot project, CEQ and DOT will work with stakeholders to identify efficiencies to speed the environmental review process that will inform selection of service types and station locations for high-speed rail in the Northeast Corridor.  The pilot will engage Federal, state and local governments and the public ...

Latest Awards Bring US Closer to National High-Speed Passenger Rail Network

Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation, anounnces the next steps for high speed rail in 22 carefully selected projects across the country. Cross-posted from the Department of Transportation's blog. This is a big day for the Department of Transportation, for the Obama Administration, and for the American people.  We are bringing President Obama's vision of American high-speed rail one step closer to reality with $2.02 billion in targeted investments . And I am thrilled. Today we are advancing President Obama's historic high-speed rail blueprint through 22 carefully selected projects that will create jobs, boost manufacturing, and spur development while laying the foundation for our future ...

Benefits of High-Speed Rail Draw A Crowd

High-speed rail can be the transportation innovation that drives the economy of the future. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood lays out the benefits of investing in high-speed rail today. Ed. note: This was originally posted on the Department of Transportation blog . Since the Department of Transportation announced the availability of an additional $2.4 billion for high-speed rail projects last month , governors and members of Congress from both major ... billion, more than four times what we have available.  Why is demand for high-speed rail support so high? Because elected officials have seen the immediate benefits of jobs where rail work has already begun.  They've seen these jobs in Maine ...

Bringing High-Speed Rail to America

Posted on February 08, 2011 at 07:52 PM EDT

Type: A Strong Middle Class, Blog Post, Includes Video

the nation reach President Obama’s goal of giving 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years. Ed. Note: Read more from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on his blog ... President Obama’s goal of giving 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years.  The President is proposing to invest $53 billion over the next six years to continue construction of a national high-speed and intercity passenger rail ... , D.C., February 7, 2011. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) Building a national high-speed rail network is a key part of this Administration’s plan to out-build, out-innovate, and out ...

DOT Awards $2.4 Billion to Continue Developing 21st Century High-speed Passenger Rail Corridors

projects in 23 states, we're moving full-speed ahead toward a nationwide high-speed rail system. Cross posted from the Department of Transportation's blog. Today, the Obama Administration and the Department of Transportation are awarding $2.4 billion for planning and construction of intercity passenger rail service. With these 54 projects in 23 states, we're moving full-speed ahead toward a nationwide high-speed rail system . President Obama signed ... for high-speed rail was step one, a down payment on a national network that, within 25 years, will give 80% of Americans the choice of traveling from downtown to downtown by high speed passenger train. With today's awards, we take a second step ...

President Obama Delivers on American High-Speed Rail

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood talks about the high speed rail grants. Cross-posted from the DOT's  Fast Lane blog . I have looked forward to this day for a long time . It is a great honor--a great honor --to have President Obama and Vice President Biden in Tampa, Florida, to announce our American Recovery and Reinvestment Act High-Speed and Inter-city Passenger Rail grants. The investments we announce today make rail a viable transportation alternative in many regions. With this historic $8 billion investment by President Obama, we are jump-starting American High-Speed rail. The bulk of today's awards go to new, large-scale high-speed rail programs--projects such as Florida, with $1.25 billion ...

Vice President Biden Announces Six Year Plan to Build National High-Speed Rail Network

of giving 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years, as outlined in his State of the Union address. The proposal will place high-speed rail on equal footing with other surface transportation programs and revitalize America’s domestic rail manufacturing industry by dedicating $53 billion over six years to continue construction of a national high-speed and intercity passenger rail network.  As a part of President Obama’s commitment to winning the future by rebuilding America ... to convenient high speed rail for more Americans.”   As the first step in this comprehensive, six-year plan, the President’s Budget for the coming fiscal year would invest $8 billion in expanding Americans’ access to high-speed passenger rail service ...

A Vision for High Speed Rail

Posted on April 16, 2009 at 12:50 PM EDT

Type: Audio/Video

Joined by famed rail enthusiast Vice President Biden, the President releases his vision for high speed rail as funded by the Recovery Act and the coming budget. White House, April 16, 2009. (public domain) ...

High-Speed Rail, Jobs, and the Recovery Act

Development of America’s first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service is being spurred by $8 billion in Recovery Act grants.  The awards will go toward developing or laying the groundwork for 13 new, large-scale high-speed rail corridors across the country.  The major corridors are part of a total of 31 states receiving investments, including smaller projects and planning work that will help lay the groundwork for future high-speed intercity rail service ... and engineering, and rail maintenance and operations.  Over 30 rail manufacturers, both domestic and foreign, have agreed to establish or expand their base of operations in the United States if they are hired to build America’s next generation high-speed rail ...

One Step Closer to the Future on High-Speed Rail

0 0 The Vice President gets fired up for high-speed rail ... ://default/sites/default/modules/wh_multimedia/wh_jwplayer/plugins", "share_url": "http://default/photos-and-video/video/creating-new-jobs-investing-high-speed-rail", "shareTitle": "Creating New Jobs by Investing in High-Speed Rail", "image": "http://default/sites/default/files ... that the President and the Vice President get together for a town hall , but the occasion yesterday was something special for Vice President Biden. They were in Florida, one of the sites just announced for a massive down payment on high-speed rail, the future ...