Sentences with phrase «speed rail transportation»

The U.S. needs high - speed rail transportation to support its mobility needs and global economic competitiveness.

The drive for energy conservation coupled with the recession has the U.S. switching policy tracks with its push to develop a high - speed rail transportation network.

Hoping to tap into the Clinton Administration's interest in high - speed rail transportation, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo yesterday proposed building a high - speed rail link between New York City and Albany that would eventually connect to Boston in only two hours.

Not exact matches

The entrepreneur's transportation brands are known for extra touches like groovy lighting and free entertainment, which Giegel says aligns well with Hyperloop One's vision for what it wants riding the high - speed rail to be like.

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

To wit: I just received a press release from the governor - elect, announcing he has sent a personal letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asking that if governors - Elect in Ohio and Wisconsin fulfill their respective campaign promises to cancel federally funded high - speed rail projects that New York be the beneficiary of the combined $ 1.26 billion worth of savings.

Her resignation came just days after US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined acting Transportation Commissioner Stanley Gee in Rochester to boast that high - speed rail projects would save upstate's moribund economy.

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.

«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,» Cuomo wrote in 2010, a few days after he was elected, in a letter to then - Transportation secretary Ray LaHood.

«This additional Federal funding for high speed passenger rail will help revitalize New York State's economy, modernize our rail transportation network, and make it easier to get people and goods safely to their destinations across the State,» Governor Paterson said.

«New York stands ready to use this federal money to rebuild our transportation infrastructure, expand high speed rail, and put New Yorkers back to work,» said Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement.

The congresswoman was joined by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) and representatives from the transportation and contractor fields when she visited the yards to explain the benefits of the grant, which New York received after Florida rejected $ 2 million in federal funds for high - speed rail.

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.

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 fuSpeed 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 futRail 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 fuspeed passenger rail system that meets the needs of New York State now and in the futrail system that meets the needs of New York State now and in the future.

Gillibrand said Friday state Department of Transportation officials have to act quickly to appoint a new high - speed rail project manager.

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«High speed rail is coming to New York, because we along with our Federal partners recognize that retrenchment of our transportation infrastructure goals is not an option.

By James Briggs Just three months after insisting there was no stopping a proposed high - speed rail line from being built between Madison and Milwaukee, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Thursday issued the project's death sentence.

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.

Local State Assemblyman David Gantt, Chair of the Assembly's Transportation Committee, questioned DOT Commissioner Joan McDonald about the progress of high speed rail in upstate New York.

He would also increase the speed and efficiency of transportation to JFK, now served by a rail link from an LIRR hub in Jamaica, Queens, and add food and retail options to the airport.

Cuomo directed New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald to install speed messaging boards, and construct park - appropriate guard rails to protect pedestrians.

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This is one of the reasons Erie, Pa. — based GE Transportation inked a deal on last week with China's Ministry of Railways to better learn how to develop high - speed rail projects in the U.S. View a slide show of international high - speed rail lines for a closer look at how these projects have developed around the world

Rising fuel costs and an emphasis on «greener» modes of transportation are shifting priorities in the U.S. Still, the proposed U.S. projects have their work cut out for them if they hope to match the speed and popularity of established high - speed rail systems in other parts of the world.

1,200 - 1,800 Energy requirements, in Btu, to transport a passenger one mile by high - speed rail, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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FRESNO, Calif. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today promoted the Obama Administration's vision for high - speed rail in a meeting with Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin and Sacramento area business leaders.

To date, the U.S. Department of Transportation has invested $ 10.1 billion to put American communities on track toward new and expanded rail access and improved reliability, speed, and frequency of existing service.

SACRAMENTO — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was in Sacramento today promoting President Obama's vision for high - speed rail during a tour of the Sacramento Siemens locomotive plant and in a meeting with California - based manufacturers.

U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari today announced that the state of Connecticut will receive $ 120 million in High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to Springfield, Mass. passenger rail corriRail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to Springfield, Mass. passenger rail corrirail corridor.

The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation's High - Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Program (HSIPR).

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) have released 10 service and route options for new and improved conventional and high - speed passenger rail service connecting Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and South Texas.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that he is making available approximately $ 2.4 billion, through a competitive process, to states eager to develop high - speed rail corridors across the United States.

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about U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Makes $ 2.4 Billion Available for High - Speed Rail Projects Across America

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.

Obtain services from multiple contractors with the expertise, experience and capable of providing monitoring and technical assistance services across all of Federal Railroad Administration's seven (7) Regions in order to support the oversight of the High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR), the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant program, and Amtrak grants.

It will also place high - speed rail on equal footing with other transportation programs, revitalize domestic rail manufacturing, and ensure that the nation can reach President Obama's goal of providing 80 percent of Americans access to high - speed rail within 25 years.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that he is making available approximately $ 2.4 billion, through a competitive process, to states eager to develop high - speed rail corridors across the United States.

And to further secure our future, we have taken transportation into the 21st century with CAFE Standards, NextGen, and our investments in passenger and High - Speed Rail.

As part of its Buy America work, DOT engaged in a broad effort with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership to proactively identify manufacturing opportunities and marry them with US manufacturers for high speed rail and other transportation projects.

MERIDEN, Conn. — U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari today announced that the state of Connecticut will receive $ 120 million in High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to Springfield, Mass. passenger rail corriRail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to Springfield, Mass. passenger rail corrirail corridor.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that Illinois, Indiana and Michigan have agreed to move forward with a comprehensive study that will help determine ways to reduce rail congestion and let trains achieve higher speeds along the Chicago - to - Detroit high - speed rail corridor.

«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.

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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.

about U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Statement on High - Speed Rail Agreement in North Carolina

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