Infrastructure: High Speed Rail
Despite differences in perspective and policy, there is a relatively strong consensus for High Speed Rail in the Midwest. Again, I am an advocate for high speed rail and an advocate for marginalized communities like Gary and East Chicago, which are often asked to carry the burden of negative externalities.
1) Midwest High Speed Rail Corridors
There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about the idea of creating a Midwest high speed rail network. The federal government has already designated a system of Midwest rail corridors. There’s a lobbying organization pushing it called the Midwest High Speed Rail Association. A host of environmental groups support it. I even had a (successful) mini-effort to get Louisville included in the Midwest network.
2) High-Speed Frenzy [ Wall Street Journal ]
Spain’s ambitious plans by Thomas Catan
…the country is on track to bypass France and Japan to have the world’s biggest network of ultrafast trains by the end of next year
