1.C.3: High-Speed Rail
Fulfill a new transportation vision with high-speed rail. Other Information:
The President has proposed a long-term strategy to build an efficient, high-speed rail network of 100-600 mile intercity corridors,
as one element of a modernized transportation system. The President made a down payment on this strategy with an $8 billion
investment in the Recovery Act. This will be used to leverage other public and private funding to invest in infrastructure,
equipment, and intermodal connections along three tracks. First, the strategy will advance new express high-speed corridor
services (operating at speeds above 150 mph in some areas) in select corridors of 200-600 miles. Second, the strategy will
develop emerging and regional high-speed corridor services (operating at speeds between 90 and 150 mph) in corridors of 100
to 500 miles. And third, the strategy will upgrade the reliability and service on conventional intercity rail services (operating
at speeds up to 79-90 mph). The President has also budgeted for another $1 billion per year to continue to develop the high-speed
rail network.
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