by Transport Action | Jul 16, 2019 | High Speed Rail, Rail
On July 15, 2019 the Washington State Department of Transportation released its Ultra-High-Speed Ground Transportation study and business case, forecasting $355 billion in economic growth, up to 200,000 jobs created, and 3 million passengers annually. ...
by Rick | Dec 28, 2017 | Announcement, High Speed Rail, Inter-city Rail, Rail, Uncategorized
Transport Action BC wishes to express condolences for the deaths of Jim Hamre and Zack Wilhoite, as well as the other victim and the many people injured in the December 18, 2017 Amtrak Cascades Train 501 crash. TABC was shocked to hear the news about the derailment on...
by Rick | Nov 4, 2011 | High Speed Rail, Issues, Rail, Uncategorized
Canada’s latest High Speed Rail Study – The EcoTrain – was spoofed by the CBC’s, Rick Mercer . He skewers Canada’s penchant for producing HSR studies, as opposed to actually building an HSR system. According to Mercer, Canada has become the “world leader” in...
by Matthew Buchanan | Mar 8, 2011 | High Speed Rail, Inter-city Rail, Issues, Rail
The April issue of Trains magazine has a special 48 page report on fast trains. It describes new high-speed trains in China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Europe, relative speed, why some Americans can’t seem to embrace high-speed rail, a map showing the highest...