This listing, taken from the Web pages of the Federal Railroad Administration provide the outline of the current mandates. Of course, even with billions appropriated, change has been slow to non-existent over the past few years.
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If you ask anyone with any experience in railroad administration, railcar construction or laying railroad tracks, the current administration hoopla about starting to move toward constructing high-speed rail and putting people to work, is just that — hoopla. $8 billion is not enough to construct even one high-speed rail line, let along grants to 31 states for 13 rail projects.
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Last week I had the opportunity to sit down with Federal Railroad Administration Acting Administrator Karen Rae. She was, for the moment, the point person for Obama’s high-speed rail proposals. I learned that when it comes to planning, high-speed doesn’t translate to 200 mph but to incremental changes even if the top speeds are 79 to 90 mph.
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The Federal Railroad Administration is set to spend $45 million to study three magnetic levitation train projects in Baltimore and Washington, Pittsburgh, and between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn. With Amtrak in a constant budget squeeze, do we really need this?
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