Amtrak Eyes $1.5 Billion-a-year Investment Plan

With the nation's skies crowded and highways clogged, Amtrak unveils a 20-year plan to modernize and develop 11 high-speed rail corridors.

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February 2, 2001, 9:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The national passenger railroad, sensing growing support for rail in Congress and at the state level, laid out a 20-year plan to modernize, expand and accelerate development of 11 high-speed rail corridors...In briefing materials prepared for presentation to the new Bush administration and lawmakers, Amtrak says U.S. rail spending per person ranks next to that of Estonia and Tunisia and far below Western countries like Germany, France and Britain."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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