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2. Ohio Hub - Wikipedia

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   The Ohio Hub was a high-speed railway project proposed in the 2000s decade by the Ohio Department of Transportation aimed at revitalizing passenger rail service in the Ohio region. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The plan was awarded funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 , but Governor John Kasich refused to use the funds for the project ...

3. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Wikipedia

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   A comparison of the $827 billion economic recovery plan drafted by Senate Democrats with an $820 billion version passed by the House and the final $787 billion conference version shows huge shifts within these similar totals. Additional debt costs would add about $350 billion or more over 10 years. Many provisions were set to expire in two ...

4. High-speed rail in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Under the most common international definition of high-speed rail (speeds above 155 mph (250 km/h) on newly built lines and speeds above 124 mph (200 km/h) on upgraded lines), Amtrak's Acela is the United States' only true high-speed rail service, reaching 150 mph (240 km/h) over 49.9 miles (80.3 km) of track along the Northeast Corridor. [2]

5. Obama's stimulus is banking on high speed rail - AOL

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   In a town hall meeting last week, a member of the audience asked President Obama what could be done to improve America's infrastructure. Touching on numerous issues, the President repeatedly ...

6. Amtrak's High-Speed Rail Plan: Can't We Do Better? - AOL

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   On Tuesday, after years of furious debate, Amtrak finally announced plans to build a high-speed railway from Boston to Washington, D.C. The proposed line will make it possible to travel from ...

7. Political positions of Joe Biden - Wikipedia

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   During the Obama administration, Biden was the lead figure promoting the administration's proposal to spend $53 billion over six years toward construction of a national intercity high-speed rail network, in furtherance of Obama's goal (outlined in the 2011 State of the Union Address) to extend high-speed rail access to 80% of the American ...

8. Why can’t America have high speed rail? Because our ... - AOL

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   To enable true high speed, the U.S. would need to build specially designed tracks that are straighter, a project that would take at least 10 years and possibly up to 30, Gardner says. Funding ...

9. Higher-speed rail - Wikipedia

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   For a rail route to connect Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan in the United States, a higher-speed rail plan was proposed as an alternative after a study on the Windsor to Quebec City route in Canada was to consider only high-speed rail with top speeds of 200 km/h (125 mph) or more. Politicians in Windsor area proposed in 2012 that having ...