Addressing High Speed Rail HSR transportation development in the UnitedStates this work serves as a blueprint for such development. It provides anindepth evalua... » 

Addressing High Speed Rail HSR transportation development in the UnitedStates this work serves as a blueprint for such development. It provides anindepth evaluation of the different systems and their inherent linkage toother transportation modes their potential costs financing options systembenefits the current level of use and success of HSR and Maglev elsewhere inthe world the current state of thinking on these systems in the US and theirprospects for further efficient and environmentally benign economic growth.While technical descriptions of each system are included the book dealscomprehensively with the feasibility of such systems in Europe and in the US. «