How to Build High-Speed Rail

The Transportation and Land Use program’s Transit Cost Project released How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor (NEC), contending that it can be done for under $20 billion, multiples below the cost of existing proposals. The report focuses on total integration of scheduling, planning, and infrastructure investments. By coordinating all passenger services on the NEC, not just Amtrak, current delays can be reduced by reforming current schedule padding and service pattern-variations practices, which hold back the NEC back from reaching its full potential. The report has been widely profiled, in:

• Slow Boring: “At Last, a Workable Plan for High-Speed Rail”
• Slate: “High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor—on a Budget”
• City Journal: “Why Northeast Rail Travel Is Such a Mess”
• Smart Cities Dive: “Amtrak Could Modernize Northeast Corridor for Less: NYU Study”
• The Bulwark: “A Real Plan to Get The U.S. High-Speed Rail—for 10% of the Cost”
• NYU News: “Slashing Northeast Corridor Rail Travel Time Can Be Achieved for Much Less, NYU Report Finds”

Read The Report