Over the past few weeks I have been discussing the best way for the US to develop a new High Speed Rail System. Future posts will move the imaginary ideal system into the midwest and southeast United States. Before moving on, though, we should take a look back to where we've gone:
1) Make the Northeast Corridor true High Speed Rail.
2) Build the Lackawanna Cut-off from Scranton to New York City
3) Transform the Maple Leaf Route from New York to Toronto via Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, and Niagra Falls into a true high speed rail line.
4) Extend the high speed Northeast Corridor to Richmond and Newport News, Virginia
5) Connect Boston, MA to Albany, NY via Springfield, MA
6) Connect Springfield, MA and New Haven, CT via Hartford, CT
7) Upgrade and complete the Keystone Corridor between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA via Harrisburg, PA
8) Connect Chicago and Windsor, ON Canada with High Speed Rail enabling through service to Toronto, New York, and Massachusetts.
With these plans, the following states would have high speed rail service: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and the province of Ontario, Canada. It would also serve 8 of the top 25 metropolitan areas in the United States by population and the largest city in Canada. Not a bad start.
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