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In a move driven by the desire for new equipment on the Acela, but with implications for high speed rail in California, Amtrak is going to ask the Federal Railroad Administration to allow it to purchase and use standard HSR trainsets rather than the artificially heavy ones that current FRA crash regulations require: Amtrak will [...]
The quite successful, profit-generating Amtrak Acela is currently the only service resembling high speed rail in the United States. With an occasional top speed of 150 mph, and an average of 80 mph, it has been able to attract a lot of travelers and has a bigger share of the travel market on the Northeast [...]
A great op-ed in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times by Dan Turner makes a strong case that the Acela’s success means California high speed rail should do even better once it’s built: Currently the only high-speed train in the United States, Acela runs from Washington, D.C., to Boston via Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. It is [...]
Over at the Houston Chronicle there is a particularly absurd post suggesting that buses are a great alternative to high speed trains. First, the set-up is particularly revealing: I’m back from my California trip – beautiful state, beautiful weather, completely dysfunctional government. For example, even with massive fiscal problems it’s still trying to build a [...]
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