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Scientific American
August 2009
Michael Moyer |
High Hopes for High-Speed Rail Will a boom in government investment bring true high-speed rail to the U.S.?   |
Popular Mechanics
April 9, 2009
S.E. Kramer |
Railroad Stimulus: How to Spend $14 Billion to Improve U.S. Rail There are many ways to improve the country's passenger-rail network. Experts agree that to get more people off the roads and onto trains, the government must pick and choose projects wisely. |
BusinessWeek
October 7, 2010
Greiling-Keane & Marois |
Politics Jeopardizing Some High-Speed Rail Projects High-speed rail projects are running into political roadblocks, yet some states are barreling along. |
Popular Mechanics
September 11, 2008
John R. Quain |
5 New Super Trains on Fast Track to World's Fastest Bullet The case for high-speed, low-impact train travel is clear, and many governments have ambitious high-speed train plans in the works. But are they realistic? The author evaluates proposals for the 200-mph trains of the future. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2009
Toby Shute |
2 Ways to Cash In on High-Speed Rail Obama's call for a new commitment to high-speed passenger rail in this country could mean potential profits for these players. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007
John Quain |
Super Trains: Plans to Fix U.S. Rail Could End Road & Sky Gridlock With airports and highways more congested than ever, new steel-wheel and magnetic levitation lines that move millions in Europe and Japan have the potential to resurrect the age of American railroads. |
Salon.com
November 21, 2001
Christopher Ott |
Off track Air disasters spotlight a need for better train service -- but American rail infrastructure and technology suffer from decades of neglect... |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2011
Steven Cherry |
High-Speed Rail Is in High Gear China and Spain lead in new construction |
IndustryWeek
June 22, 2011 |
High-Speed Rail: Mixed Signals Is America ready for high-speed rail? Siemens and other rail manufacturers would love to know. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 11, 2015
Dina Gerdeman |
A Road Map to Fix America's Transportation Infrastructure Rosabeth Moss Kanter offers a road map to roadway recovery in her new book, Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead. |
TIME Asia
August 16, 2010
Austin Ramzy |
Engines of Growth At a time when infrastructure in the U.S. and Europe is aging fast, China's railways may give it a competitive edge over the world's leading economies. |
AskMen.com
Thomas Bey |
Top 10: Trains Train travel is hugely popular abroad, and these 10 trains have qualities that make them good rides, as well as good models for domestic adaptation. |
CFO
April 1, 2011
Randy Myers |
"This Is the Renaissance of Rail." All aboard the mass-transit express? Maybe, but don't expect a smooth ride. An interview with D.J. Stadtler, CFO of Amtrak. |
Reason
May 2003
Brian Doherty |
Massively Misguided Transit Although they invariably cost far more per passenger mile than buses or automobiles, light-rail trains continue to capture the hearts of urban planners nationwide. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Ben Austen |
The Megabus Effect After decades of decline, the bus is the U.S.'s fastest-growing way to travel, led by curbside service from Megabus, BoltBus, and others. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2011
Molly McCluskey |
Subway Cars: Why You Should Be Getting On Board How an Aging Infrastructure can speed up your returns on subway train car manufacturers' stocks. |
Popular Mechanics
June 23, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
10 Lessons Learned From Past Rail Accidents It's calamitous enough when one train rear-ends another, as happened yesterday in Washington. But it's often deadlier when two trains meet head-on. |
Popular Mechanics
December 15, 2009
Jerry Beilinson |
$8 Billion in High-Speed Rail Funds to Be Allocated -- Soon Speaking at a breakfast meeting for magazine editors today at the Hearst Tower in midtown Manhattan, U.S. transportation secretary Ray LaHood said that recipients of the funds will be announced in January. |
Reason
April 2007
Staley & Balaker |
How Traffic Jams Are Made In City Hall The bad logic and failed policies of American transportation planners. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2009
Davin Coburn |
5 Smart Ways to Fix American Infrastructure Now: Analysis Funding provided by the $787.2 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act sets aside up to $135 billion for infrastructure projects. |
CIO
September 11, 2008
Stephanie Overby |
How IT is Helping the Railroad Industry Improve Efficiency and Service Railroads are poised for a comeback, thanks to rising fuel prices. IT provides the linchpin for a shipping model that integrates ships, trucks and trains. |
Fast Company
May 1, 2011
Rachel Z. Arndt |
America's Railroads Are Still a Century Behind Joe "Amtrak" Biden is pushing ahead with a proposed $53 billion in funding to bring high-speed rail to the masses. Here, a sad little race between the U.S. and everyone else. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2005
Parke Chapman |
All Aboard in Denver Colorado real estate developers are eagerly awaiting a $4.7 billion rail expansion that will close the gap between suburban Denver and the city, betting that mixed-use developments along the transit corridor will be in demand. |
Chemistry World
September 23, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
US chemical distribution threatened by rail safety crisis Chemical transport by train across the US may end on much of the nation's rail network in January 2016, due to delays adopting new rail safety technology. |
Inc.
November 2005
Darren Dahl |
Railroads Buckling Under Record Traffic Amid rising fuel prices, more companies are turning to railroads as a cheaper way to transport goods. The surge in freight is so pronounced that it threatens to create a capacity crunch. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2009
Samuel K. Moore |
Pandemic Flu Could Clog U.S. Rail Lines A simulation by systems engineers shows rail network is sensitive to pandemic flu, but port system is more robust |
IndustryWeek
July 21, 2010 |
Siemens Puts Green on Fast Track Revenue growth finally on the horizon as diversified engineering giant expands environmental solutions and global presence. |
Reason
March 2005
Ted Balaker |
Railroading the Poor The chief argument for public transit is that it's necessary for those who can't afford cars. But many cities tailor their transit services to those who need them the least. |
CFO
January 1, 2009
Edward Teach |
"We Are the Green Solution" What's a few billion dollars spent on infrastructure when your vehicles get more than 700 mpg? An interview with Robert M. Knight Jr., EVP and CFO, Union Pacific Corp. |
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2004
Steve McLinden |
Architects Ride the Rails The explosive growth in new U.S. rail transit systems is creating unique opportunities for architects and investors who are nimble enough to jump aboard sometimes tenuous transit-oriented developments, described by some as "new Urbanism on a train track." |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Josh Dean |
The Train Welcome to tomorrow's computer-controlled, GPS-guided, ultra-energy-efficient transportation revolution. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2009
Kris Eddy |
Where's China Going in Such a Hurry? Is building a high-speed rail the best way for China to spend its money? |
Fast Company
September 14, 2011
Chris Faraone |
Sharing Data Makes For Truly Public Transit When cities release bus and train data, the benefits are many. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Mark Clothier |
Warren Buffett's Ride on the Rails Is Paying Off During the recession, Warren Buffett bet more than $26 billion on a revival in railroads. A year later, business is gathering momentum. |
Popular Mechanics
January 28, 2010
Adam Hadhazy |
Infrastructure, Energy, Arms and the State of the Union Last night, President Obama delivered his first official State of the Union address to Congress and the nation. Here are some highlights, in the president's own words. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
Railroad Renaissance The surging flow of imports to U.S. consumers is fueling a boom in the century-old railroad industry, and savvy real estate investors are already laying tracks for growth along newly flourishing supply routes. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
John McCormick |
Stimulus Vote Has Feingold on the Run Wisconsin Democrat Russell Feingold's possible Senate seat foe says the high-speed rail line being financed by stimulus funds is a waste of money. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Jean Kumagai |
A Brief History of Earthquake Warnings The idea of using seismic waves to provide advanced warning of impending doom is not new. Here is a short background to the development of seismic alert systems. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2008
Saibal Saha |
China's Olympian Infrastructure Plans Huge projects stretching far beyond 2008 beckon companies from around the world. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
A Taxing Solution to the Transportation Problem Updating the highways and surface transportation could cost $225 billion and take 50 years. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2004
Bill Mann |
Guangshen Railway to Double Capacity The railway, funded by the Chinese government, offers impressive corporate communications, conservatism and payout policies. With a yield of more than 4.4%, it offers a nice dividend, too. |
Reason
June 2004
Jacob Sullum |
Holy Rail Mass transit boondoggles Americans. |
BusinessWeek
October 23, 2008
Emily Thornton |
Canadian National Railway's Timely Profits Canadian National Railway's CEO Hunter Harrison went against traditional freight train practice and successfully implemented a precise schedule of shipments. |
Real Travel Adventures
May 2009
Jim Loomis |
From Sea to Shining Sea ... By Train As my fingers traced the various routes on a map of Amtrak's nationwide system, I suddenly realized it's possible to literally travel around the entire country, connecting from one train to another. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2010
Brian Stoffel |
This Railroad Has a Major Advantage It goes to both coasts and the Gulf of Mexico. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Paul Collier |
Building an African Infrastructure Key political decisions are needed to build critical rail networks for a continent well suited to them |
Wired
July 2006
David Wolman |
Train to the Roof of the World China's new 1,200-mile railway crosses some of the harshest terrain on the planet. Plug in your oxygen supply. All aboard the Tibet express. |
Wired
January 2002
Wil McCarthy |
Runaway Train First railway track started doubling every 18 months. Then things really got weird... |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Kris Eddy |
A Long Ride Home What role should government subsidies play in the travel battle between trains and planes? |
High on Adventure
February 2010
Sylvia Blishak |
Five Weeks and 7,400 Miles -- Circling the USA on Amtrak We made our plans for a five-week sentimental rail journey with stops in California, Arizona, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. |
