Sentences with phrase «hs2 high speed rail»

In other law enforcement applications, police at the Zhengzhou East high speed rail station in Henan province have been equipped with smart glasses with facial recognition software that can identify wanted criminals, while Beijing police are using the world's first surround - body camera with inbuilt facial recognition technology.

Hyperloop One already has agreements with governments in more than a dozen locales who want to see the high speed rail built on their turf.

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute and Central Valley Community Foundation today announced the launch of an in - depth study to examine Fresno's important role in the fast - emerging Northern California megaregion and how the arrival of high speed rail over the next decade will dramatically accelerate economic connections between Silicon Valley and the broader Bay Area and the state's fifth largest city.

Hypothetically the hyperloop should be able to achieve speeds of around 300 meters per second — faster than the fastest high speed rail technologies in use today.

Expect eventual success for the One Belt, One Road Initiative — the world's largest construction project, estimated to cost $ 80 trillion dollars — linking the Asian mainland, (including Central Asia) with Europe via high speed rail, communications links and vibrant financial trading platforms.

A memorial service has been held for the 60,000 people buried near London Euston station whose bodies will be exhumed as part of the HS2 high speed rail project.

He explains: «The official line is we support the principle of a high speed rail link from the north to the south, but that we have objections to the specific proposal that's on the table at the moment.»

In advance of the Government's expected approval of the High Speed Rail Project (HS2); Sarah Lee, Head of Policy for the Countryside Alliance, said:

It is the second piece of proposed legislation in the Queen's Speech covering high speed rail; the other being the high speed rail (preparation) bill which provides commitment to funding the project and will need to pass through Parliament before this bill.

The business case for High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) was dealt a body - blow today, with the publication of a report which raises serious questions about the research which has gone into the project.

«High speed rail is critical to building the foundation for future economic growth, especially Upstate,» the governor - elect said.

Stop HS2 campaign coordinator Joe Rukin responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail:

Craig Bennet, Friends of the Earth's director of policy and campaigns, comments on high speed rail

High speed rail was included in the environmental agenda Cuomo released during the campaign.

To date, New York has received only a small fraction of federal money for high speed rail, but we want to make it a success now, and my Administration will aggressively pursue all funding opportunities to make high speed rail a reality.

The Liberal Democrats were the first party to call for the high speed rail link — as far back as 2004.

Julian Huppert, Co-chair of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party committee on transport, comments on high speed rail

«Spending in excess of # 50Bn on HS2, a high speed rail line that will predominantly serve London and not address the capacity and connectivity issues of the current rail network, makes even less sense than it did before the vote to leave the European Union.»

This week's Newsweek has an interesting column on why high speed rail is not the cure all and end all

The abandoned west coast main line rail franchise could be followed by the scrapping of the Department for Transport's controversial planned high speed rail network linking London with Birmingham, its opponents are hoping.

High speed rail could be transformative for New York — with the potential to revitalize Upstate New York's economy with construction jobs now and permanent jobs created by the new high speed rail links to New York City, Toronto and Montreal in the future.

There'll be more than enough time to talk about politics in the future, but for now obviously the important thing is making sure that we get projects like high speed rail and as much funding for upstate New York.»

Campaigners intent on stopping the construction of Britain's new high speed rail system were gearing up for a fight today, after the route of the line was announced.

«The Countryside Alliance remains gravely concerned that no significant evaluation of the impact of High Speed Rail 2 on the countryside, its communities and wildlife has been properly undertaken or acknowledged.

MPs have told both sides of the high speed rail debate to stop «name - calling» in their report assessing the government's proposals.

High speed rail could be the 21st Century Erie Canal for New York State and help rebuild Upstate New York's economy.

A Department for Transport spokesperson responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail:

«All policy areas will come under increased scrutiny and transport infrastructure will be no exception,» said the group, which supports a rival high speed rail proposal.

Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail:

No wonder the government's High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) project has plenty of advocates — and enemies.

Ends About the IET: IET high speed rail submission to the DfT: http://www.theiet.org/policy/submissions/s895.cfm IET Video: HS2: what are the facts?

All they will know is those three words «high speed rail» sound like they must be a good idea.

Jeremy Acklam from Institution of Engineering and Technology said: «One of the biggest benefits of High Speed Rail is the economic redevelopment opportunities.

It doesn't matter what country you pick across the world, Ultra high speed rail projects are being cancelled, scaled back, bailed out or flogged off, and services cut due to financial problems caused by the grossly over-optimistic passenger forecasts used to justify their construction.

It was good to read full - throated advocacy of high speed rail (HS2) from Theresa Villiers (TP, February).

The government fell for Labour's trap when it went ahead with high speed rail.

Twenty - five years after Gov. Mario Cuomo proposed building high - speed rail between New York and Boston, a group of Assembly members will introduce legislation on Wednesday establishing an «exploratory commission» to «study and develop Hyperloop and High Speed Rail within New York State.»

If High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) is to achieve a groundswell of public support then the wider economic case for it needs to be made, a panel of transport experts concluded last night.

The fact completely ignored by proponents of HS2 is that we have had high speed rail, defined as 124mph, in the UK since the 1970s.

Campaigners are set to discover whether the coalition's much - disputed high speed rail consultation was illegal when a judge finally delivers his ruling later.

The high speed rail (preparation) bill, which will provide parliamentary approval to fund the initial and future phases of the project, and the HS2 hybrid bill, which authorises the building of the first phase of the line, were announced in the Queen's Speech yesterday.

High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) has come under fire from the chairman of Britain's first high - speed rail network, in a further setback for officials at the Department for Transport.

«We have secured investment to allow us to go ahead with important projects such as high speed rail, support for ultra-low carbon cars and major road - building and public transport programmes.»

A report from MPs has reignited the debate about the government's proposal to build a high speed rail network in Britain.

They griped about high gas and food prices, federal high speed rail investment and foreign aid.

It is nothing short of a scandal that we left the failing Railway structure in place for 13 years and only got round to considering High Speed Rail at the very end.

Hope the Tories back it if they're in power rachel reeves: High Speed Rail fantastic for Leeds and other Northen cities.

At 4 p.m., the state Transportation Department will hold an open house event on the High Speed Rail Empire Corridor, Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum, 263 Michigan Ave., Buffalo.

CHA did some site design work for a solar panel factory that SUNY Poly is building in South Buffalo, and also has more than $ 30 million in various state contracts for everything from dam inspection to crafting a high speed rail plan.

«You have high speed rail in Japan.