Sentences with phrase «national high speed rail»

Walker has his $ 50,000 campaign cash from the roadbuilders, explaining why he can not look fairly at the costs, value, return on investment and priority of building this first Wisconsin link of the national high speed rail system for Wisconsin.

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Third, why does the Finance Minister want to create an independent CIDB that will focus only on «National Economic Development projects such as toll highways and bridges, high - speed rail, port and airport expansions, smart city infrastructure, national broadband infrastructure, power transmission and natural resource infrastNational Economic Development projects such as toll highways and bridges, high - speed rail, port and airport expansions, smart city infrastructure, national broadband infrastructure, power transmission and natural resource infrastnational broadband infrastructure, power transmission and natural resource infrastructure?

In September the first cohort of students will enrol at the new National College for High Speed Rail in Birmingham and Doncaster.

Instead, it contains a long list of priorities, from building national science centers and space programs to expansion of major infrastructure with thousands of kilometers of new high - speed rail and roadways.

«Building a pipeline network in China comparable to the U.S. would be a $ 500 - billion investment,» Sandalow says, although the Chinese have an excellent track record of building large and expensive infrastructure projects quickly, such as a national high - speed rail network that was completed in five years.

Last year the Obama administration committed $ 8 billion to national high - speed rail development.

This quarter, institutions such as Belfast Metropolitan College, DLD College London, The Manchester College (HE), National College for High Speed Rail, Northern College, Preston's College, South Essex College (HE) and Weston College, and have all selected Canvas to improve teaching and learning.

Education Secretary Justine Greening today (9 October) helped launch the new National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR) in Doncaster.

FRA awarded $ 942,775 to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) through FRA's Next Generation High - Speed Rail Program to study potential service options and complete the Tier 1 Environmental Assessment, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.

The Administration's national high - speed rail proposal is another critical part of its vision for modernizing America's transportation network.

In January, President Obama and Vice President Biden announced $ 8 billion in Recovery Act funds to begin developing a national high - speed intercity passenger rail network that will provide a safe, efficient and environmentally sustainable alternative to highway and air travel.

Partnerships between states and railroads are central to the Obama Administration's vision for a national high - speed rail program, which will allow America to win the future by creating construction and manufacturing jobs here in the U.S., while promoting future economic growth and global competitiveness.

I've returned to extend the president's gratitude for Spain's technical support and guidance as America begins the heavy lifting of building a national high - speed rail network.

«President Obama's historic vision for a national high - speed rail system will link 80 percent of Americans in the next 25 years and lay the foundation for an economy that moves people, goods and information more quickly, safely and reliably than anywhere else in the world.

to implement a national policy and strategy to support, preserve, improve, and further develop existing and future high - speed and intercity passenger rail transportation and freight rail transportation; and

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

I was somewhat anxious about our scheduled train ride from Chengdu to Chongqing aboard a China National Rail high speed train.

In fact, Kunz said, we were at a fork in the road, and building a new national high - speed rail network was the «single most important action we can do to get us off the oil and change the direction of the nation for the better.»

The full Presidential Climate Action Plan (as opposed to summaries) contains a comprehensive set of ideas to reduce transportation emissions, covering not only improvements in vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, but also changes in national policy to promote high - speed rail for intercity travel, mass transit and telecommuting, and smart growth in urban development.

Indeed, the centerpiece of China's Medium - to Long - Term Railway Network Plan is a new national high - speed rail grid overlaid onto the existing rail network.

National policy statements would be ratified by Parliament to speed up the system, and hybrid bills would be used to authorise complex national projects like high - speNational policy statements would be ratified by Parliament to speed up the system, and hybrid bills would be used to authorise complex national projects like high - spenational projects like high - speed rail.