If you're a European Union citizen, you should know that there's an initiative going around, to connect all EU capitals with a high-speed railway network.
The social, economical and ecological benefits of this project are absolutely massive.
Whenever I write about the Hyperloop, I always get some people who refuse to believe that Elon Musk opposed high-speed rail and used Hyperloop to try to stop it.
In a Patreon bonus episode of #TechWontSaveUs, @awalkerinla has even more proof: She saw Musk tell transport planners that cities should stop rail projects.
Spain’s high-speed trains aren’t just efficient, they have transformed people’s lives.
The country has managed to build itself the longest high-speed rail network in Europe and the second longest in the world, now spanning approximately 4,000km (and still expanding).
"A fiasco like [the UK's] HS2 could never happen here – our fast train network is so popular that no Spanish government would dare give up on it".
The 870 km Rail Baltica project, which is due for completion in 2030, will connect the capitals of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia with Warsaw and the rest of Europe, allowing trains to run uninterrupted.
However, the project is symbolic as well as physical.
For the EU, it’s a statement about the Baltic states’ return to Europe and their decoupling from their Soviet past.
The most important rail project that no one seems to know about in Southern California is Link US, which will create run-through tracks, meaning Union Station will have run-through service rather than be a stub.
"The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing $8.2 billion in new funding for 10 major #PassengerRail projects across the country, including the first world-class #HighSpeedRail projects in our country’s history."
We want to connect all European capitals through high-speed railway lines. We are calling for the European Commission to make a proposal for a legally binding act to establish a European high-speed train network as quickly as possible. This means linking up the existing high-speed railway networks and building high-speed lines where these do not yet exist.
GOP: still fighting against the 21st century. It’s an embarrassment that the US has less #hsr than Morocco or Turkey. Yes, you read that right — we’re behind even Morocco and Turkey in moving people efficiently and the #GOP wants to keep it that way
ACTION ALERT: The #WashingtonState Senate has a hearing today (Tues Jan 9 at 4pm) about funding for #HighSpeedRail! Sign up to show your support for this bill by 3pm TODAY, or you can submit written testimony before 4pm TOMORROW!
SB 5947 includes $2,250,000 in planning funds for High Speed Rail and pre-allocates $50 million from the carbon emissions reduction account for use in matching funds for federal grants.
A route connecting #KualaLumpur and Bangkok will make it possible to link it to other regional #HSR lines to form larger networks that will reach Laos and China.
Several transportation-related infrastructure projects are being developed in the surrounding areas in attempt to improve accessibility to and from Forest City
#LRT West Line & HSR are two of the projects with plans for stations in Forest City
"Oregon urged to join planning for high-speed rail"
"High-speed rail has the potential to not only catalyze the transformation of the Cascadia corridor by connecting major job markets, increasing international tourism and creating thousands of jobs, but also helping us reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“We as a state need to begin thinking and talking about the future of our mega-region before we are left behind.”
The evaluation of the seven Concept Proposals that have been received from firms/consortiums interested in the #KualaLumpur - Singapore #HighSpeedRail (#HSR) project is expected to take 2 months to complete
#MyHSRCorp is still evaluating Concept Proposals that have been received
The results of the evaluation will be taken up for government approval to shortlist the consortia for the next process, the Request for Proposal (RFP)
I can't quibble with the content (it all holds water) and it's a good promotional summary of the topic.
The whole sponsored thing is a bit "ick", but whatever, newspapers aren't what they once were! And it's a nice counter to the regressive, anti-HSR editorials recently published in the Seattle Times.
On Monday, March 11, U.S. Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the American High-Speed Rail Act of 2024. This bill would provide $205 billion over five years for the planning and construction of a national high-speed rail network.
Fill out this form (via the High Speed Rail Alliance) to send a message of support to Congress!
The Washington State Department of Transportation (#WSDOT) released a Preliminary Service Development Plan (SDP) for #AmtrakCascades, a step towards creating a blueprint for improving the route over the next twenty years.
Check out these preliminary alternative service diagrams!
While this is not true #HighSpeedRail, these are very important incremental improvements to speed & frequency that will make a big difference in the near term.
Reading this Cascadia Daily News article about the general lack of tech startup infrastructure in and around Bellingham makes me think: If Cascadia High Speed Rail were already developed (or in the very least, better Amtrak Cascades service between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. existed), Bellingham would be especially well connected to those nearby tech orbits.
🚨 Action alert! 🚨 #HighSpeedRail is still a long ways away, & we need more ambitious #rail improvements in the meantime. Unfortunately, the goals set out in the latest #AmtrakCascades long term plan are moving backward not forward.