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New Trains for Texas

New Trains for Texas

Amtrak and Texas Central Partners have made headlines since partnering last year to explore high-speed rail for the Lone Star […]

Passengers will roll-aboard luggage are crossing Harrison st. to enter the Chicago Greyhound station.

Chicago’s Intercity Bus Hub Is at Risk

Chicago is on the verge of suffering a major blow to its transportation system by becoming one of the world’s […]

City Limits: A Conversation with Megan Kimble

City Limits: A Conversation with Megan Kimble

  Watch our discussion with Megan Kimble, author of the recently published “City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of […]

Designing Brightline’s New Las Vegas Station

Designing Brightline’s New Las Vegas Station

High-speed trains can offer a unique, enjoyable, comfortable travel experience, from the journey to and from the station to the […]

Railroad Liability

Railroad Liability

This presentation will provide an overview of railroad liability. We will discuss the sources of railroad liability law (statutory, regulatory, […]

Lakeshore Rail Summit: From Transportation Deserts to Oases

Lakeshore Rail Summit: From Transportation Deserts to Oases

The Lakeshore Rail Alliance hosted a summit in Erie, Pennsylvania. Leaders and advocates joined together to discuss how improving the […]

Why Amtrak’s New Borealis Train Matters

Why Amtrak’s New Borealis Train Matters

On May 21, Amtrak launched a new train called Borealis, serving the corridor between the Twin Cities and Chicago. The […]

USHSR 2024: Annual Conference

USHSR 2024: Annual Conference

HSR 2024 will convene political, business and labor leaders to explore ways to scale up high-speed rail across the nation, […]

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2024 Luncheon with Metra CEO Jim Derwinski

This sold-out, in-person event took place in Chicago on April 26, 2024. Thank you to our keynote speaker, Metra’s CEO/Executive […]

A Vision for the Midwest

HSRA deputy director Chris Ott gave this presentation at the April 2024 meeting of the Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers […]

A map of the proposed Front Range Corridor in Colorado.

Webinar: Colorado Front Range Passenger Rail

Front Range Passenger Rail is a developing transportation opportunity for Colorado’s Front Range with anticipated higher speed, intercity travel across […]

A map of potential passenger rail routes in Ohio.

Ohio’s Progress Toward New Train Service

Using Ohio as an example, this talk presents a detailed look at the steps in the FRA’s Corridor ID program. […]

A credit card reader in the vestibule of a Capitol Corridor train for tap-on fare payment.

Capitol Corridor’s “Tap2Ride” Program

Capitol Corridor’s pilot test of “Tap2Ride” remains a pivotal test of contactless payment in a passenger rail environment (intercity passenger […]

Viaduct Construction for High-Speed Lines

Viaduct Construction for High-Speed Lines

With its large and growing network, China leads the world in building high-speed rail. One key to Chinese success has […]

CrossRail OHare Tunnel

Webinar: High Speed Rail at O’Hare Airport

We were joined by the authors of a new study, “Exploring the Potential of Providing High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Service […]

Passengers are boarding a regional train at Gare de Paris Saint Lazare.

Webinar: The Benefits of Regional Rail

Regional Rail means running frequent trains on memory schedules (such as every 15 minutes in major cities, and every two […]

It’s a Beautiful Country

Let’s see it. Let’s clean it. Let’s build it. Let’s make high speed rail a reality.

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