The future capabilities of HSR are outlined. The degree to which these capabilities may become realities is uncertain at this point. It is clear that very large amounts of investment are required for a reduction of travel time between New York and Washington to two hours. That travel time could be reduced even more drastically if an entirely-new, possibly underground system were built. The temptation will be to utilize as much of the existing trackage as is possible, however it is not clear that any present carrier will be willing to undertake this amount of investment. It is also clear that HSR will be vying against other feasible modes of ground transportation for implementation in the nation's first Megalopolis. In that context, the report of the Northeast Corridor Transportation Project will permit more authoritative projections to be made, for at the time of that report estimates of the costs of providing a given level of service with a given mode of ground transportation will be available. (Author)


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    Title :

    High-Speed Rail: Problems and Prospects


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    11 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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