Sep 18 2024 Conversation with a High-Speed Rail Champion, Congressman Seth Moulton This session is for anyone curious about how high-speed rail can change the U.S. transportation game. In March, Rep. Seth […] September 18, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 1PM CT
Sep 06 2024 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 […] September 06, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12PM CT
Aug 27 2024 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 […] August 27, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12PM CT
Aug 16 2024 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 […] August 16, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12PM CT
Aug 02 2024 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 […] August 02, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12PM CT
Jun 28 2024 High-Speed Rail and the Construction of Space in 1960s Japan A train racing along a fixed line, connecting distant cities but also dividing the landscape, redefines the space it slices […] June 28, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12PM CT
Jun 21 2024 Railroad Liability This presentation will provide an overview of railroad liability. We will discuss the sources of railroad liability law (statutory, regulatory, […] June 21, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12PM CT
Jun 13 2024 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 […] June 13, 2024 In-Person Blasco Memorial Library - Hirt Auditorium, 160 E Front St, Erie, PA 16507 1pm - 3:30pm ET
Jun 07 2024 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 […] June 07, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12PM CT
May 14 2024 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, […] May 14, 2024 In-Person Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 5/14 8:30am - 5/15 5:30pm
May 03 2024 South Korean High-Speed Rail: Thoughts, Challenges, and Successes Speaker: John Rinard, Transportation Program Director for AECOM’s U.S. Western region John shares lessons learned from his time working on […] May 03, 2024 Virtual Zoom Join on Zoom 12PM CT
Apr 26 2024 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 […] April 26, 2024 In-Person Chicago, IL 12:00 - 1:30
Apr 19 2024 Webinar: Global Best Practices for Cutting the Cost of Building High-Speed Rail The historic investment in intercity passenger rail is an opportunity to significantly expand and improve the rail network around the […] April 19, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12 PM Central
Apr 06 2024 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 […] April 06, 2024 Virtual
Apr 05 2024 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 […] April 05, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12 PM Central
Mar 22 2024 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. […] March 22, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 12PM CT
Mar 01 2024 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 […] March 01, 2024 Virtual Join on Zoom 1PM CT
Feb 21 2024 Free Transit Activism Training: How to Make Your Transit Fantasies Reality An American high-speed rail network; robust regional rail service throughout your state; reliable, abundant transit options in your town. They […] February 21, 2024 Virtual Join on on Zoom 7:30pm CT
Feb 16 2024 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 […] February 16, 2024 Virtual Join on on Microsoft Teams 12PM CT
Jan 26 2024 Beyond the Tracks: High Speed Rail Station Access and Development Watch the video with the City of San Jose and high-speed rail thought leaders for an insightful discussion of best […] January 26, 2024 Virtual Join on on Zoom 1PM CT
Nov 03 2023 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 […] November 03, 2023 Virtual Join on on Zoom 12PM CT
Oct 20 2023 Webinar: Rio Grande Plan: Building Community Support for Railway Improvements The Rio Grande Plan is a citizen-driven proposal to improve railroad infrastructure in downtown Salt Lake City, including reestablishing the […] October 20, 2023 Virtual Join on on Zoom 12PM CT
Oct 06 2023 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 […] October 06, 2023 Virtual Join on on Zoom 12PM CT
Sep 28 2023 Alon Levy & Michael Aronson re: Penn Station, NY Note: This is not a High Speed Rail Alliance event. Alon Levy has been blogging about a computer model of […] September 28, 2023 Virtual Join on Zoom 1:00 PM Eastern