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- California High-Speed Rail is for Everyone
- Lisbon to Porto High-Speed Line
- California high-speed rail gets a boost in Palmdale
- Long-Distance Passenger Train Services: Putting “National” into “National Network”
- The Advantages of Articulated Trains
- California High Speed Rail is Happening! Help Keep It Going!
- Long journeys getting shorter with even faster trains
- California High Speed Rail Hits Milestones and Federal Grants Released
- For California high-speed rail, the network is everything
- What Is High Speed Rail?
- California High-Speed Rail Speeds Ahead
- Long-Distance Trains in Norway and the U.S.
- Weekly Newsletter: Do we have to choose between commuter and transit?
- Southern California
- Weekly Newsletter: How far can you travel by train in less than a day?
- California’s Sprinter Trains
- California Wins! Lawmakers Release Funds for High-Speed Rail
- Caltrain Commits to World Class RER System
- Cascadia High-Speed Rail’s Next Phase
- Chicago’s Master Plan for Union Station Moves Forward
- Moline to Chicago Passenger Rail Update
- A Milestone for CalTrain and High-Speed Rail
- TGV – Leader of the Integrated Network Approach
- Cold Weather Passenger Trains
- Colorado Front Range Passenger Rail
- The Network Approach, Track Layout
- Weekly Newsletter: Toronto launches Premium Airport Express Train
- What is the Integrated Network Approach?
- California Integrated Plan
- Nevada Releases Progressive State Rail Plan
- Weekly Newsletter: Trains and land use
- Weekly Newsletter: Trains driving development in Miami
- New California rail plan is a model for the Midwest
- Congress Makes Historic Investments In Trains. What’s Next?
- A New High-Speed Line Opens in Spain
- New High-Speed Segment in Italy
- What Drives Transit Ridership?
- New opportunities emerging for federal support of high-speed trains
- New regulations allow stronger, lighter, safer modern trains
- New Standards for US Passenger Trains
- Where is Our Old Man Thunder?
- Court Decision Moves Texas Bullet Train One Step Closer to Reality
- Can High-Speed Rail Work in the U.S.?
- New Trains in the Midwest
- New York Penn Station Upgrades Move Forward
- The New York Times hit piece
- Northeast Corridor – SCMAGLEV and Regional Rail Vision
- Why we’re now the High Speed Rail Alliance
- World’s Newest High Speed Rail Service
- Would you like to save $10,000 next year?
- The Debate Over How to Improve Passenger Rail in America: NYC Penn Station
- Deutsche Bahn Joins Star Alliance
- O’Hare’s growth and success relies on high-speed trains
- Oman and the United Arab Emirates Sign Rail Deal
- New Amtrak Airo Trains Revealed
- Dusseldorf: A Model for O’Hare and the Midwest
- Eight Principles for Establishing a U.S. Passenger Rail System
- The false narrative of rail competitive trip lengths.
- Facing-and breaking-America’s Cycle of Traffic Gridlock
- The False Premises in Politico’s Hit Job on Amtrak are even Worse than the Deceptions
- USDOT Makes $2.3 Billion Available for Passenger Rail Projects
- What is needed to go fast?
- Federal grant will help untangle Chicago junction that delays the entire Midwest
- Passengers Win Critical STB Decisions
- Finding Love, Adventure, and Friendship on Trains: Happy New Year!
- FRA creates the Corridor Identification and Development Program, asking for expressions of interest
- Plans for new Columbus Station
- Brightline Making Progress in Florida and Vegas
- FRA delivers major breakthrough for U.S. high-speed rail with Texas safety standards
- FRA seeks public comments on Texas Central Regulations
- Positive Passenger Rail News Across the Country
- FRA’s New Midwest Regional Rail Plan
- Challenging Convention: High Speed Rail and How It Can Transform California
- A Freight Railroad’s Need Offers Rail Passengers an Opportunity: a Chicago-Champaign Shuttle
- What about Maglev and Hyperloop?
- Update on the Chicago Hub Improvement Program
- Get Big or Get Out: It’s Time to Ditch Modest Passenger Rail Projects
- A 10-point reality check for the Cato Institute
- 110-mph revenue service begins in Illinois
- Public transit is not only safe, it’s foundational to a better future
- Pushback to Biden’s picks for Amtrak board: Not diverse enough
- The Push to Finish California High Speed Rail
- A rail-focused agenda for the new Transportation Secretary, in three parts
- Making the most of the Corridor ID Program
- 2020 election gives big push to growing momentum for U.S. high-speed rail
- Chicago Hub Improvement Program Receives Critical Support
- Reconnecting The Region
- 25 years of fighting for better trains
- Deutche Bahn to Operate Egypt’s High Speed Rail Network
- The Haters are in Denial, but Trains and Transit are the Future
- Rep. Moulton introduces bill to create national high-speed rail network
- FRA Launches Long-Distance Study
- Help shape how new funding for trains gets used
- Rick and Maurice Join an International HSR Celebration
- What Are Some of the Common Myths About High-Speed Rail?
- Brightline West Releases Environmental Documents for Cajon Pass
- Rusty Roberts joins the High Speed Rail Alliance Board of Directors
- It’s time to turn Michigan Central back into a train station!
- What are the World’s Fastest Trains?
- Alliance Founder’s Gift Invests in the Future of Trains
- It’s Time to Fix Union Station
- Action Alert: Rockford and the Quad Cities Passenger Rail
- Americans want better trains, new poll shows
- A High-Speed Rail Hub For Cleveland
- The Hills are Alive with the Sound of High-Speed Rail. California Should Take Note.
- Amtrak Accounting Structure
- Amtrak Board Nominees Asked to Commit to Long Distance Routes
- The Southeast Regional Rail Plan
- House Member Releases Plan to Invest $240 Billion in High-Speed Rail
- Study makes strong case for Pacific Northwest high-speed rail
- Five Takeaways From Turkey’s High-Speed Rail Success Story
- Surface Transportation Board recognizes Texas high-speed line as key link in national railroad network
- Amtrak’s expansion plan is not only a great start. It’s a great opportunity.
- Amtrak’s Funding & Policy Requests
- Houston to Dallas bullet-train project scores big court win
- How to build high-speed rail? Start thinking “inside the box”
- Amtrak’s Ohio expansion plans should begin with more Lake Shore Limited departures
- Amtrak’s plans for Chicago will vastly improve train travel across America
- How a high-speed line saved passenger rail in Spain
- High Speed Rail in South Korea
- How the Illinois High Speed Rail Commission makes a national HSR network much more likely
- How long do you think gas prices will stay this low?
- How the pandemic is creating new opportunities and an urgent need for better trains
- TexRail will prove commuter trains should lose some weight
- How trains can survive and thrive during and after the pandemic
- Atlanta to Charlotte High-Speed Rail
- New Website and Brightline News
- HS2 Milestone: First Tunneling Breakthrough
- Thoughts on an HSR Implementation Strategy
- Atlanta – Dallas HSR Plan
- HSRA Announces New Deputy Director
- Beijing-Shanghai HSL Anniversary
- Thoughts on a New York – Chicago unified corridor
- HSRA honors champions and discusses name change at fall meeting
- What makes high-speed rail successful?
- Beijing – Wuhan operating at 217 mph
- HSRA Progress Report 2022
- O’Hare and Crosstown Express Trains
- Three ways that fast, frequent trains will transform Indianapolis
- Biden’s mid-range priorities
- ICE 4 and the German Network
- Biden champions Atlanta to Charlotte high-speed line at Amtrak’s 50th anniversary event
- HSR Alliance featured on WTTW Chicago Tonight
- Biden promised to invest big in trains. This should be his Day One agenda.
- Time for beast mode: California must go all-in on building high-speed rail and better transit
- Illinois Needs an Integrated Rail Plan
- Illinois General Assembly Creates Commission for High-Speed Rail
- Needed Policy Changes
- Big Sky Passenger Rail
- Illinois High-Speed Rail Commission
- Toronto’s Regional Rail Network
- Rail Commission Bills Introduced in Illinois and Indiana
- Bond approval puts Las Vegas high-speed link one step closer to construction
- Trains to Planes
- Brightline Announces the Sunshine Corridor
- India’s first high-speed line moves forward as HSR emerges as a “green jobs” powerhouse
- How Will High Speed Rail Improve My Life?
- Brightline Begins Testing
- Indian High Speed Rail
- How Will High Speed Rail Benefit the Community?
- Transformative Power of Electric Trains
- What is it Like to Ride?
- How Will HSR Reduce Carbon?
- Illinois Capital Project List
- Brightline shines the way for better trains around the U.S.
- Making Shared-Use Work
- Turkey Sets World Record as High-Speed Rail Grows at Furious Pace
- Brightline succeeds by being bold
- Investing for better trains nationwide just picked up major support
- Twin Cities-Duluth project hits snag. But is there light at the end of the tunnel?
- Budapest-Athens High-Speed Rail
- Investors snap up Virgin Trains USA bonds
- Buttigieg: “U.S. must become high-speed rail global leader”
- Italian HSR Lessons
- California’s High Speed Rail Phasing Plan
- Ultra high-speed line in Pacific Northwest racks up high-profile support
- CA HSR Chooses Route Through the Mountains
- CA HSR Draft Business Plan released
- Upgraded passenger trains in northern CA will make high-speed rail system viable
- Largest Underground Train Station in Asia Opens for Travelers
- Celebrating 30 Years of Advocacy
- Lawmakers Push for High-Speed Rail Funding
- Leaders Want Modern Train Service
- O’Hare Needs a Train Station
- California finalizes revolutionary state rail plan
- Lessons from APTA’s High Speed Rail Conference
- Washington State Legislature Approves High-Speed Rail Funding
- California is getting a massive economic boost from high-speed rail. The U.S. should, too
- Let’s build the train equivalent of the Interstate Highway System
- We did it! Illinois funds new Amtrak trains, transit upgrades, and more
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Events
- Brown Bag Lunch: Getting the TGV to Paris Airport
- Brown Bag Lunch: High Speed Rail in America – Prospects and Challenges
- Brown Bag Lunch: High-Speed Rail Development in China
- Brown Bag Lunch: Integrating ACE, Amtrak San Joaquins and HSR in the Central Valley
- Brown Bag Lunch: Italo High-Speed Trains
- Brown Bag Lunch : Kevin Muhs, ED, Southeastern WI Regional Planning Commission
- Brown Bag Lunch: Learning from California’s Groundbreaking State Rail Plan
- Brown Bag Lunch: Lessons from the Chicago – St. Louis 110 mph Project
- Brown Bag Lunch: Multitrack, the Rail Operations Simulation Software
- Brown Bag Lunch: The National Passenger Rail Agenda
- Brown Bag Lunch: OBB on Operating Austrian Passenger Rail
- Brown Bag Lunch: Smart City Solutions with Cellint
- Brown Bag Lunch: Stadler’s New Rolling Stock
- Brown Bag Lunch: Talgo Trains
- Brown Bag Lunch: Texas Central High-Speed Rail Update – Sponsored by PowerTrunk
- Brown Bag Lunch: Thoughts on a National High-Speed Rail Vision
- Brown Bag Lunch: Update on Illinois Passenger Rail Projects
- Brown Bag Lunch: Virginia’s Rail Expansion Plans
- Building a High-Speed Line, Not a Pleasure Cruise: Experience from Germany
- California High Speed Rail Update
- The Cascadia Ultra-High Speed Ground Transportation Project
- The Case for a Peoria-Chicago Passenger Rail Corridor
- The Case for TETRA for Communication and Signaling Applications
- DePaul Webinar: Restoring Abandoned or Out-of-Service Railroad Lines for Passenger Service
- Expanding Amtrak’s Chicago – Twin Cities Service:
- Fall Luncheon 2018 – October 11th
- The Federal Process – How to Advance Your Passenger Rail Project, Sponsored by Siemens
- The FRA’s Midwest Regional Rail Plan, Sponsored by HDR
- The FRA’s New Midwest Rail Plan and CrossRail Chicago
- FRA Webinar: Corridor Identification and Development Program
- High-Speed Rail + The Future of Passenger Rail in America
- High Speed Rail: A Regional Asset or Just a Dream?
- How to Pay For Use of Shared Rail Infrastructure: The German Model for Access Fees
- Illinois Fast Track Initiative, Sponsored by Siemens
- Integrating High-Speed Rail and Airlines
- Looking Forward to 2022
- Manchester Airport: Connections, Funding and Future Development
- Minnesota’s Northern Lights Express
- Passenger Behavior and Planning for Success
- Passenger Rail – Creating Dynamic Megaregions
- Planning an Integrated Rail Network
- A Rail Vision for Georgia
- Virginia’s Passenger Rail Expansion Plans
- Virtual Brown Bag Lunch
- Virtual Brown Bag Lunch: Pantograph Monitoring
- What Are Train Stations For?
- What’s in the infrastructure bill?
- Wisconsin Needs a Bold Vision for Rail
- Henry Farnham Dinner, hosted by River Action
- Zero Emissions Rail Propulsion: Electrification, Batteries or Hydrogen?
- 2017 MHSRA Annual Meeting
- Annual Meeting
- 2nd International workshop on high-speed rail socioeconomic impacts
- Afternoon Snack Break: Congressman Seth Moulton on HSR
- Annual Meeting 2019
- APTA “Connecting America’s Cities” HSR Conference
- The Chicago Access Program
- Brown Bag Lunch: AmeriStarRail – A New Approach to the NEC
- Brown Bag Lunch: Amtrak’s 2035 Vision
- Brown Bag Lunch: Baltimore – Washington DC Maglev Project
- Brown Bag Lunch: Brightline’s Vision for Train Travel
- Brown Bag Lunch: California High-Speed Rail
- Why Do American Transit Projects Cost So Much?
- Brown Bag Lunch: CREATE Passenger Rail Improvements
- Brown Bag Lunch: FOGTEC Fire Protection & Monorail Technology