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Post by rubbertoe on Aug 22, 2009 9:42:04 GMT -8
The CBS Sunday Morning News show is supposed to have a segment on HSR. Here is the program info...
COVER STORY: High-Speed Rail Travel European and Asian countries have long had high speed rail service, with Japan starting its Bullet Trains in 1964 and France launching its TGV in 1981. Now, it may finally be our turn.
While we do already have the Acela train in the Northeast Corridor, which are capable of doing 150 mph, its tracks force it to run at average speeds of 80 mph. By contrast, in California they plan to go 220 mph.
Correspondent John Blackstone takes a look at the California High Speed Rail Authority proposal to make an 800 mile long high speed rail from San Francisco and Sacramento down to Los Angeles and San Diego. It will be expensive, an estimated $40 billion, but Californians have voted to approve a $9.9 billion bond issue, and the Obama administration is voicing its support for 10 high-speed rail corridors across the country. We'll take a ride into the future and see what the trains might be like.
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