High Speed Rail: Planning and Financing the Next Fifty Years of American Mobility

Over the course of the next 50 years, investments in high speed rail (HSR) will change the way major U.S. cities are connected. HSR will insulate the United States from its dangerous reliance on fossil fuels and will make intercity travel more efficient. HSR services will create permanent jobs and catalyze adjacent long-term economic development. In order to put the preceding vision of the future into context, this article first describes the federal and State developments in regulating HSR. Next, several financial and political solutions are offered for the transition from planning to implementation. Current market forces favoring HSR development are then considered. The discussion concludes with a vision for future development of HSR in the Rocky Mountains and the Western United States within the prevailing multimodal transportation environment.

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• Authors:
  • Prok, Joshua D
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 47-74
• Serial:
  • Transportation Law Journal
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: University of Denver College of Law
  • ISSN: 0049-450X
  • Serial URL: https://www.law.du.edu/transportation-law-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed rail; Interstate transportation; Policy, legislation and regulation; Strategic planning; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transcontinental railroads
• Geographic Terms: United States; Western States
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01158593
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 11 2010 12:05PM