Fast Track For National Rail Transit

MINNEAPOLIS - Technically speaking “light rail transit” encompasses an urban rail line capable of carrying 2,000 to 20,000 passengers an hour at speeds reaching 70 miles per hour. “Heavy rail” describes longer, faster commuter and inter-city trains.

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Data Points: Transportation Spending in the U.S.

The United States’ transportation infrastructure is the web that connects Americans to the places they live, work, learn, and play. Our country’s vast network of roads, from interstate highways to rural byways, is supported by federal dollars matched, in most cases, with state and local funds. Today, with gas prices at historic highs and cities seeing unprecedented shifts from private vehicle travel to public transit, transportation spending should be adapting to the times - but it’s not.

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