http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/06/17/dot-defines-high-speed-rail-reasonably-expected-to-reach-110-mph/ Your daily source for national transportation policy news and analysis. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/06/17/dot-defines-high-speed-rail-reasonably-expected-to-reach-110-mph/comment-page-1/#comment-102971 Allan Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:42:47 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=7096#comment-102971 Conventional rail has run up to 100 mph in the past. There's a great deal of infrastructure difference and cost for trains running at 110 mph than trains running at 150+ mph. Conventional rail has run up to 100 mph in the past. There’s a great deal of infrastructure difference and cost for trains running at 110 mph than trains running at 150+ mph.

]]> http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/06/17/dot-defines-high-speed-rail-reasonably-expected-to-reach-110-mph/comment-page-1/#comment-75942 Peter Smith Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:30:40 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=7096#comment-75942 'High Speed' rail should have nothing to do with top speed, and everything to do with average speed. ‘High Speed’ rail should have nothing to do with top speed, and everything to do with average speed.

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