NY High Speed Rail… I’m With Slaughter!
With the latest wave of federal stimulus , suddenly a storm of ideas and proposals are pouring down on downtown. In one corner, Governor David Paterson and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter are reigniting...
View ArticleSubway Tunnel To Be Filled. This time they mean it. Probably.
For decades it’s been an inconvenient truth for Rochester. The abandoned Erie Canal turned ghost subway tunnel has long been considered a ticking time-bomb. It’s widely known that the city has wanted...
View ArticleRay LaHood Announces Money for Transit Projects
BECKY BOHRER (AP) NEW ORLEANS — The federal government is making available $280 million for street cars and other public transportation projects aimed at creating jobs and more walkable,...
View ArticleHow the Recession will Improve Mobility in the U.S. vs. China
Similar to how the Interstates reshaped America 50 years ago, the Chinese landscape is now being reshaped by historic levels of infrastructure spending. While the U.S. government seeks to revive it’s...
View ArticleWHAM 13′s Evan Dawson: High Speed Rail = Fast Ferry
Last Friday (April 9, 2010) Louise Slaughter held a press conference at Rochester’s Amtrak Station along with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to officially announce the arrival of High Speed Rail...
View ArticleMore Discussion with WHAM 13′s Evan Dawson on the Cost of High Speed Rail
Yesterday I wrote to Evan Dawson from WHAM News 13 in an effort to find out why he chose to compare HSR to the Rochester/Toronto fast ferry in his recent article, High Speed Rail: Fast Forward, Not...
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