Sentences with phrase «speed rail as»

Kunz laid out a pretty convincing case for high speed rail as the solution for a number of problems facing American transportation, including outdated infrastructure, peak oil (or «energy independence,» depending how you look at it), out of control carbon emissions, and more.

With high - speed rail as an option along with an extensive service network, traveling on a Eurail Pass makes good sense.

Eurostar today marks an historic milestone in the expansion of international high - speed rail as it embarks on its inaugural journey from the UK direct to The Netherlands.

With over four million passengers travelling by air between London and Amsterdam every year, Eurostar's upcoming service from the UK to the Netherlands reinforces high speed rail as the most environmentally responsible choice for short haul travel.

With a high - speed rail journey from London to Amsterdam emitting 80 per cent less carbon per passenger than the equivalent flight, Eurostar's new service reinforces high speed rail as the most environmentally responsible choice for European short - haul travel.

Today, we are in the same position with high - speed rail as we were with interstate highways during President Eisenhower's administration.

Today, we're in the same place with high speed rail as we were with interstate highways during President Eisenhower's administration.

Not exact matches

Founded by Moreno, Mormedi has developed high speed trains for Spanish rail service RENFE and Hitachi, as well as interior and exterior truck designs for Hino, Toyota's (tm) medium and heavy duty truck brand.

As bad as the fight is over getting high - speed rail built between two cities in the U.S., now imagine the fight that would erupt if someone proposed building a superfast transport tube between New York and Mexico City or Los Angeles and SingaporAs bad as the fight is over getting high - speed rail built between two cities in the U.S., now imagine the fight that would erupt if someone proposed building a superfast transport tube between New York and Mexico City or Los Angeles and Singaporas the fight is over getting high - speed rail built between two cities in the U.S., now imagine the fight that would erupt if someone proposed building a superfast transport tube between New York and Mexico City or Los Angeles and Singapore.

As if ignoring high - speed and discouraging US rail investment were not enough, the Harper government now blocks even slow - speed rail.

China has already spent approximately $ 180 billion to complete various projects, but many billions more will go toward building roads, ports, dams, high - speed rail, airports and more — all to «enhance regional connectivity,» as President Xi Jinping put it, and strengthen China's economic clout.

«It will cost half the price of conventional high - speed rail networks, and can carry cargo as well as passengers.

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.

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 infrastructure?

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.

As for the $ 7.8 billion highway and high - speed rail line connecting the coastal and mountain clusters, a wag in the Russian press calculated that it would have been cheaper to pave them with a layer of foie gras eight inches thick.

Mass transit, speed rail, a green transportation model could produce as many jobs as the car manufacturing.

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.

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

«The report backs up our concerns as the original High Speed 1 business case was based on journey time saving benefits and increased rail capacity.

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.»

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.

«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.»

The former transport secretary headed the body that makes recommendations to the government on projects such as the high - speed rail link HS2.

Jones has often taken part in campaigns related to transport such as dedicating himself to promoting a new high - speed rail link connecting London to Harrogate to promote commerce in the region and campaigning for greener buses.

He also gave initial funding for several large infrastructure projects, such as High Speed 3 (an east — west rail line across the north of England), Crossrail 2 (a north — south rail line across London), a road tunnel across the Pennines, and upgrades to the M62 motorway.

Nor would introducing a high - speed rail link, such as the one proposed between London and Scotland, provide any major impact, he said.

, allowing trains to travel more quickly to and from Boston as well as preparing the system for high - speed rail.

Ms Bennett's travel update covered issues such as the prospects for aviation policy, new high speed rail lines and fracking.

Blair in his book rails against «the givens» in any public service and hails speed, as the hourglass is always against you.

Assemblyman Ron Kim (D - Queens) the bill's chief sponsor, sees high - speed rail, not casinos and «corporate giveways,» as a way to revive the upstate economy.

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

«I commend the Federal Railroad Administration for their wise investment in New York's infrastructure and look forward to continuing to work with them to secure additional funding as we enhance the high - speed rail network.»

Miliband will say that a Labour government would introduce new technical degrees to meet the demand for hundreds of thousands of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) technicians needed for infrastructure projects such as the new high speed rail line and the Thames Tideway.

In 2009 his lordship recognised after meeting French business leaders that France was better at setting strategic goals, citing examples such as nuclear energy, high - speed rail and aerospace, then claiming that: «We have something to learn from continental practice [but] we are not talking about public ownership.»

By Sean Ryan [email protected] Critical to transportation as it might be, the Madison to Milwaukee high - speed rail line will offer only a small boost in peripheral development near the Milwaukee Intermodal Station.

The interconnection of airports with high speed rail is not particularly visionary as it has been done before with great success by our leading economic competitors.

As the leading champion of the High Speed 2 rail line from London to Birmingham, it was hoped he could overhaul Britain's creaking infrastructure.

As part of 2009's landmark American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the White House committed $ 8 billion to efforts to create and maintain high - speed intercity passenger rail service.

Researchers also used this optimization modeling approach under multimodal competition to evaluate multiple scenarios involving entry of high speed rail into new markets, taking into account the possibility of demand stimulation as a result of the new services.

The administration's rail report does not spell out exactly how many of these high - speed corridors will be include new tracks exclusively for use by faster trains, as opposed to tracks shared with freight and slower passenger services.

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).

«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.

When the Obama administration promised $ 8 billion for rail service improvements earlier this year as part of its $ 787 - billion economic stimulus package, it opened a flood of interest in high - speed railroads, a mode of transport that has languished in the U.S. despite successes in east Asia, Europe and other parts of the world.

The lure of stimulus money, plus a separate five - year, $ 5 billion investment in high - speed rail beginning as part of the administration's suggested fiscal year 2010 budget, has led to 45 applications from 24 states for a total of $ 50 billion in long - term, high - speed rail corridor projects, and another 214 requests from 24 states for a total of $ 7 billion for the smaller, «shovel - ready» work.

As glorious music reminiscent of «The Lion King» swells, we see a stunning and gorgeous world, from the outlying countryside to the bustling main city, with skyscrapers reaching to the heavens, pristine waterfalls, and even a nifty high - speed elevated rail system.

Though most reports had stated the show only had three leads, series creator Nic Pizzolatto saw his antagonist as a fourth and wrote Semyon, a businessman with a brutish past trying to build a high - speed rail through California, with Vince Vaughn in mind.

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.

The contact consisted of a discussion with representatives of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority concerning the application requirements for ARRA funding as described in the High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program Interim Guidance.

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