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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.   |
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.? |
Wired
June 26, 2007
David Wolman |
Hey America, Make With the !@~$ High-Speed Rail Already French engineers have created Ligne a Grande Vitesse, a Paris-to-Strasbourg high-speed rail system the moves at a record- breaking 357 miles per hour. This new system provides a glimpse of next-generation railway travel. |
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. |
PC Magazine
July 11, 2007
John R. Quain |
Riding the Rails to the Future New technologies hold promise for a resurgence of railroad travel. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
World's Fastest Train You Can Ride Dumps Energy Like a Prius The Series N700 is billed as the world's fastest bullet train in service. The 5-hour trip from Tokyo to Fukuoka will be shortened by a mere 10 minutes, but it will be quieter and will use 19 percent less energy than current bullet trains. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2011
Steven Cherry |
High-Speed Rail Is in High Gear China and Spain lead in new construction |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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... |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2006 |
German Maglev Tragedy A train demonstrating magnetic levitation crashed on a 30-kilometer test stretch in northwest Germany border, killing 25 of the 29 people aboard. |
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. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Yu-Tzu Chiu |
Taiwan's High-Tech Hubbub Inexplicably, when Taiwan started developing plans 10 years ago for a bullet train to go from the north end of the island to the south, the route was allowed to conflict with plans for a new semiconductor park in Tainan. Here's the latest on the issue. |
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. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
Smart Trains What's your alternative to dozing on the morning train? In France, it's working on a Wi-Fi-connected notebook computer. |
Wired
April 2003
Fred Hapgood |
Sub-Urban Renewal Thanks to new tunneling technologies, real estate trends are down. Way down. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2010
Erico Guizzo |
Tech in Sight Three ways to move people - fast, faster, fastest. For the speed boost that was promised us in so many futuristic movies, look to these three technologies. |
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. |
Wired
January 2002
Wil McCarthy |
Runaway Train First railway track started doubling every 18 months. Then things really got weird... |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
Top 10: Train Trips Yes, train journeys are making an unexpected comeback -- thanks in large part to delayed planes, seasickness and dodgy road trips. |
Car and Driver
June 2005
Aaron Robinson |
Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway She purchased 100 acres, built a house, dug a pond and stocked it with fish, staged motocross races to raise money for a maternity hospital for unwed mothers -- and, oh yes, got the government to build her a 4.1 mile long driveway, which Car and Driver would later use as an illegal test track. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
March 26, 2010 |
Google High-Speed Fiber Offer Proves Popular Build it and they will come - or in Google's case, simply pledging to build was enough. |
Home Toys
May 2006
Bob Hetherington |
IS China 2006 It may still be a bit early for China's emerging middle class to afford home technology products, but they do want them and they will want them more and more in the future. Tech businesses need to open their eyes to the reality of the global marketplace and seek partnerships with Chinese businesses. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Josh Dean |
The Train Welcome to tomorrow's computer-controlled, GPS-guided, ultra-energy-efficient transportation revolution. |
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. |
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 |
