Mr Baker sought guarantees that money would not be "raided" from existing rail projects to pay for HSR and asked for a long-term commitment to extend it to Scotland.
Its London office put out a sceptical statement, highlighting the differing opinions of its membership, and saying that every region of its membership thought improvements to existing rail services are more important.
And in 1934 Congress created a new agency, the FCC, and handed it the telephone lines and the formal concept of a telecommunications service, with language lifted wholesale from existing rail legislation.
Using existing rail rights-of-way, the best route to San Francisco, a congenial destination for New Yorkers, would take you through Harrisburg PA, Columbus OH, Indianapolis IN, Springfield IL, Lincoln NE, Cheyenne WY, Salt Lake City UT, Carson City NV and Sacramento CA. All aboard?
An existing freight rail line linking Nottingham and Birmingham would be extended to the proposed site.
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Under the proposal examined by Parsons Brinckerhoff, the No. 7 train would cross the river through two new tunnels and connect with the existing commuter rail station in Secaucus.
One Plan B option the new coalition came up with would push the legislature to remove restrictions on how the city can spend current sales-tax revenues on MARTA, the existing bus and rail system in Atlanta, before building new light rail in gentrifying, in-town neighborhoods.
For practical, economic and political reasons, these two projects have morphed largely into programs of modest near-term upgrades in existing commuter-rail services in metropolitan areas along the proposed lines, confirming our premise that when money is tight, we should improve on what we already have before building something new.
WSJ: Which Gets Priority: High-Speed Rail or Intercity Passenger Service?
Situated about 12 km west of central Hong Kong, the park will be linked to the airport and the urban area by a spur from the existing high-speed rail line to the airport, and by highway and by ferry.
It said the site would be linked to London by the existing HS1 high-speed rail line, the A2 and M20 and to Europe via the Eurostar service.
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They point out that the existing trans-Alpine road and rail routes seem to cope very nicely, thank you.
North Carolina received money to start improving existing track and an agreement was signed with rail freight company Norfolk Southern Railways to start exploring a major high-speed rail corridor between Charlotte and Raleigh.
BBC: The futurist: Putting the choo-choo back in Chattanooga
Rail links would be improved with either a new terminal on the existing line at King George's Avenue, Leiston or a new extension to the line heading through main construction area.
Although some of the payout extends beyond just a couple of years, us investing now in revamping our existing infrastructure and then starting to lay the foundation for things like high-speed rail can make all the difference in the world.
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The existing rule, sadly, evaluates proposals almost exclusively on the basis of how much time a new rail line shaves off commutes.
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