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First Rail Car Specs Approved for High-Speed Rail Initiative
The Congressionally mandated Next Generation Equipment Committee today gave the green light to the first specifications for bi-level coach, dining, baggage, and business class passenger rail cars that will be constructed under the government's High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail program.
"This action will take the country forward in our efforts to build a world-class rail system to move passengers within our states, within regional corridors and across the country," said Eugene A. Conti, Jr., chairman of AASHTO's Standing Committee on Rail Transportation and secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
According to Connecting Rural and Urban America, a new report released today at news conferences held in Little Rock, Ark., and Wichita, Kan., more investment is needed in America’s rural transportation system to keep agriculture, new energy products and freight moving; improve access for the travel, recreation, and tourism industries; connect new and emerging cities; and to ensure reliable access to key defense installations. For more information and to see state examples of rural capacity needs, go to http://ExpandingCapacity.transportation.org.
"States are moving fast this summer to create jobs and complete projects. It is amazing how many highway and bridges have been rebuilt using recovery dollars." -- AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley
Disconnected Rural Cities: A National Concern
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- September 12, 2010
- Subcommittee on Civil Rights
- September 13, 2010
- National Transportation Management Conferences
- September 15, 2010
- Title VI Forum for State and Local Governments
- September 19, 2010
- 2010 Standing Committee on Rail Transportation
- September 28, 2010
- Subcommittee on Safety Management Meeting
- October 18, 2010
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- October 28, 2010
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- August 28, 2010
- SASHTO Annual Meeting
- August 16, 2010
- Standing Committee On Water Transportation
- August 15, 2010
- Subcommittee on Construction Meeting
- August 08, 2010
- 96th Subcommittee on Materials
- July 26, 2010
- 2010 Fraud Awareness Conference
- July 26, 2010
- Research Advisory Committee
- July 26, 2010
- Wharton Transportation Executive Program - Invitation Only
- July 25, 2010
- Subcommittee on Design
- July 11, 2010
- 2010 AASHTO Maintenance Meeting
- July 11, 2010
- WASHTO Annual Meeting
- July 10, 2010
- Internal/External Audit Subcommittee Conference
- July 06, 2010
- Mississippi Valley Conference Annual Meeting
- June 27, 2010
- Subcommittee on Traffic Engineering
- June 22, 2010
- 2010 Standing Committee on Planning
- June 13, 2010
- NASTO Conference
- June 08, 2010
- AASHTOWare BRIDGEWare Task Force Meeting
- June 06, 2010
- 2010 Subcommittee on Highway Transport
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