Baltimore Sun columnist Michael Dresser writes about the feasibility of pursuing maglev projects when modifying existing infrastructure may be more practical.
Students at the University of Pennsylvania have unveiled a plan to rebuild Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor and create what they’re calling “true high-speed rail.”
The competition to provide rail service between Las Vegas (NV) and southern California continues to heat up, although the track record is not exactly encouraging.
The race to connect Las Vegas (NV) with Southern California is heating up again,as two groups are competing to build a conventional passenger rail link.
After 10 years of planning, a proposed magnetic levitation train serving Pittsburgh (PA) still faces challenges, but backers say it is in better shape than competing projects.
Susan Bregman is editor of The Transit Wire. She has been a consultant on transit policy and planning for fifteen years and before that worked for the Boston Transportation Department. In 2004 she founded Oak Square Resources, LLC, which focuses on transit research, policy, and communications.