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Whose trains are safer: Europe or USA?
It’s lies, damned lies and statistics again. This time the question, arising after the recent high-fatality (79) Spanish high-speed rail disaster, is about whether Europe’s trains are safer than ours. In this report we lose, but the numbers are not as simple as they seem as you can see. I raise the question because the […]
August 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
House to begin rail funding talks
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing next week, when the committee will begin considering a new Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act (PRIIA), according to The Hill. The current PRIIA bill, which was signed into law in 2008 by former President George W. Bush, is set to expire in September. The […]
June 21, 2013
Roadbuilding
Illinois giving $60 million for rail routes
Illinois will put $60 million in state capital funds toward Amtrak passenger rail routes from Chicago to Dubuque, Iowa, and the Quad Cities, the state’s governor Pat Quinn said on Saturday, according to a report from The Associated Press. The new service could result in up to 2,000 new jobs, including 650 construction jobs, according […]
February 1, 2010
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