Sentences with phrase «speed rail planning»

I am very optimistic that the New York High Speed Rail Planning Board will play a crucial role in putting our State on the fast track to creating jobs and a high speed rail passenger system.»

Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation Stanley Gee said: «I am proud to represent the Department of Transportation which is a permanent member of the new High Speed Rail Planning Board through which I am confident that we will be able to find ways to finance, design, build, operate and maintain a high speed passenger rail system that meets the needs of New York State now and in the future.

Senator Antoine M. Thompson said: «Establishing the High Speed Rail Planning Board and investing $ 2.5 million for a facility in Niagara Falls is a step in the right direction toward economic promise for Western New York and the entire State.

ALBANY, NY (10/29/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson was today joined by Mayor Paul Dyster; Senators Malcolm Smith and Antoine Thompson; Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte; Acting Commissioner of the Department of Transportation Stanley Gee; Bruce Becker of the Empire State Passenger Association and local stakeholders for a ceremonial bill signing establishing the New York State High Speed Rail Planning Board.

The following statements were provided in support of the Governor's discretionary grant and the New York State High Speed Rail Planning Board:

Governor Paterson Announces New High Speed Rail Planning Board and Grant for Related Facility in Niagara Falls Friday October 29, 2010 at 02:35 pm

Ministers are hoping new tunnels and extensions to planned ones will end opposition to high - speed rail plans announced today.

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.

The PM jumps to his defence - sort of - by saying how marvellous the high speed rail plans are.

An independent panel assessing compensation claims for those affected by the government's high - speed rail plans is being launched today.

The federal government has reimbursed Wisconsin for money the state spent on a high - speed rail plan.

California is developing perhaps the most ambitious high - speed rail plans, a project that would include a mixture of shorter lines connecting Los Angeles to Anaheim and San Francisco to San Jose as well as a longer line traversing the nearly 1,300 kilometers between San Francisco and San Diego (with a branch through Sacramento).

Now, it's not lost on anyone that when President Obama proposed his high - speed rail plan, he specifically called out Spain as an example for America to emulate.

«The Obama Administration's bold high - speed rail plan will create jobs, reinvigorate our manufacturing sector and spur economic development for years to come,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Sure, like the high speed rail plans, it didn't seem like enough money, but a couple billion can go a long way.

Not exact matches

CNBC's Jane Wells reports on California's proposal to build a high - speed rail system, but Congress could derail that plan.

Reactions at the time ranged from excitement to skepticism to outright disbelief — Musk was even accused of sabotaging the high - speed rail project for profit, despite his statement that he had no plans to develop the Hyperloop commercially.

That's the approach Quebec - based Bombardier has taken — the company recently announced its plan to make a C$ 100 - million technology transfer investment into Turkey to help realize the country's high - speed rail vision for 2030.

During his visit to India in December 2015, CEO Sundar Pichai announced the plan to equip 400 rail stations with high - speed Internet as part of the company's expansion efforts.

It is slated to become a transport hub that will house the main terminal for a planned high - speed rail link with Singapore.

Tolls on motorways and charges for lorry drivers would be used to fund a major upgrade of the rail network, including high speed train lines such as a London - Edinburgh link, under plans set out by the party today.

While such inaccuracy could have resulted in an overexaggeration by Hammond of the potential benefits to the north - west, if we compare the data with countries around the world that have invested in high - speed rail — including France, Germany, Spain, China and Japan, with America having recently announced plans to expand its rail infrastructure — all showed significant growth along the line.

We've already set out plans this autumn for a huge investment in rail, and my RHF the Transport Secretary will set out in the new year plans to take High Speed 2 to the North West and West Yorkshire.

Local Tory associations have withheld tens of thousands of pounds from party HQ to underline their opposition to plans to construct the high - speed rail link (HS2) between London and Birmingham.

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.

«We should have been, 25 - 30 years ago, planning for high - speed rail, and you know, the technology exists,» said Higgins, D - 26th District.

Ministers announced a series of changes yesterday to plans for a # 12bn high - speed rail link from London to Birmingham in an effort to avert a Conservative rebellion against the scheme.

«In leaving out Heathrow and setting out plans that give no firm guarantees north of the Midlands, Labour's plans are flawed both by lack of ambition and undermined by their inability to grasp the basic truth that high speed rail should an alternative to a third runway not an addition to it,» she commented.

Britain's plans for a high - speed rail link have been unveiled by transport secretary Andrew Adonis, with the fastest trains between London and the West Midlands taking just 30 minutes.

«Countries across Europe and Asia are already pressing ahead with ambitious plans for high - speed rail, while some of our key rail arteries are getting ever closer to capacity.

The plans I recently set out for high - speed rail from London to Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and ultimately Scotland would alone generate 10,000 new jobs — plans which were supported wholeheartedly by the Lib Dems.

Earlier, Shadow chancellor John McDonnell elaborated on the plans, saying the new «High Speed 3» rail link would transform the economy of northern England, creating 850,000 additional jobs by 2050.

The estimated benefits of the planned HS2 high - speed rail link are dwindling as costs rise, a group of MPs has said.

By Paul Snyder A state lawmaker is calling on Gov. Jim Doyle to stop the state's planning for the Milwaukee - to - Madison high - speed rail line.

Ryan proposes a plan to bring high - speed commuter rail from New York City to Albany.

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Scott has delayed the implementation of two new redistricting amendments passed by voters, released an ambitious education agenda, pushed for $ 2 billion in tax cuts in the midst of budget troubles and, most recently, inflamed state legislators by rejecting a plan to build a high - speed rail system between Tampa and Orlando.

Network Rail and Transport for North are currently working on plans for a high - speed rail stop in Bradford either in the city centre or a parkway statRail and Transport for North are currently working on plans for a high - speed rail stop in Bradford either in the city centre or a parkway statrail stop in Bradford either in the city centre or a parkway station.

And if one does believe in high speed rail in principle, it makes no sense to plan the HS2 route first and airport expansion later.

Plans to expand high - speed rail service are already underway in several U.S. regions.

President Obama's plan is to invest federal money «in an efficient, high - speed passenger rail network of 100 - to 600 - mile [160 - to 965 - kilometer] intercity corridors that connect communities across America,» according to an announcement the administration made in April.

The agency plans to set up a committee to explore options, which Padilla says might include public — private partnerships, a telecommunications surcharge, redirected high - speed rail funding or federal grants.

Privatisation and the recession have forced British Rail to shelve its plans for high - speed trains.

Another issue: Europe is known for an efficient rail system, but Replogle said countries have put down rails of different sizes, hampering plans to build a cross-E.U. high - speed rail system.

To put America on track towards that goal, the Obama Administration has proposed a six - year, $ 53 billion plan that will provide rail access to new communities; improve the reliability, speed and frequency of existing lines; and, where it makes economic sense, build new corridors where trains will travel at speeds of up to 250 miles per hour.

This will help the Federal Railroad Administration continue to work with states as they plan and develop high - speed and intercity passenger rail corridors across the country.

The Secretary shall encourage each metropolitan planning organization to cooperate with Federal, tribal, State, and local officers and entities responsible for other types of planning activities that are affected by transportation in the relevant area (including planned growth, economic development, infrastructure services, housing, other public services, nonmotorized users, environmental protection, airport operations, high - speed and intercity passenger rail, freight rail, port access, and freight movements), to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure that the metropolitan transportation planning process, metropolitan transportation plans, and transportation improvement programs are developed in cooperation with other related planning activities in the area.

that the project and the high - speed rail services it supports are coordinated and integrated with existing and planned conventional intercity passenger rail services;

Financial and technical assistance for Amtrak, high - speed intercity passenger and freight rail, environmental reviews, national rail planning, policy analysis, railroad technology research and development

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