High Speed Rail: Report

Movement signifies the existence of life. Where there is no movement, internally and externally, at absolute spatial and temporal scales, there can be no life. We are biased as a species to acknowledge only life that we can observe and movement is the parameter for observation. This is why we have difficulty grasping the changing circumstances of our environment; we do not readily notice the movements of bacteria and plants, organic and geologic materials, demographics, and many other constantly shifting factors that affect our daily lives at every level. We, ourselves, are increasingly judging the quality of our own livelihoods by the limits of

US HSR June 2011 in Chicago!

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Report Outline

Alternative Transportation: High Speed Rail in the USA
[RL] Introduction
Growing transportation demand
>population growth
>income growth
Current transportation modes
>Airplanes: intercity travel
>Private vehicles (cars and trucks): intercity and intracity travel