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OLLI HIGH SPEED RAIL SEMINAR
PREFACE
TECHNOLOGY
DESIGNATED HSR CORRIDORS
BENEFITS, CHALLENGES, CONCLUSIONS
19/16/2011
HIGH SPEED RAIL(HSR)A TRAIN TO NOWHERE: YOU DECIDE!
The following HSR information is provided for the exclusive use of the OlliHigh Speed Rail Session. It is to be used only by the OLLI HSR SessionMembers. The Copy Right Fair Use Rule is invoked for information takenfrom the following sources:
High Speed Rail WEB Information and Images;
The text book: “HIGH SPEED RAIL IN THE U.S. SUPER TRAINS FOR THEMILLENNIUM “ EDITED BY Thomas Lynch, Copyright 1998.
Employment experience at Westinghouse Electric, Ansaldo Transporti Signaling,Federal Railroad Administration and the University of Virginia Center of Safety-Critical Excellence.
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PREFACECopy Right Fair Use Rule
• The Goals of the High Speed Rail InfrastructureSeminar are:
– Understand: World-wide HSR Technology, Costsand the Limitations of the Available USA Technology;
– Understand: Designated High Speed Corridors andtheir Feasibility, Safety, Ridership Risks and HighMaintenance and Regulatory Requirements;
– Understand: Challenges, Benefits, Costs, Ridershipand Safety Regulations That Support HSR.
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PREFACEHSR SEMINAR GOALS
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• Understand the High Speed Rail (HSR) Infrastructure:– Designated HSR Corridors;– High Speed Train Technology and Electrification;– Thousands of Miles of New High Grade Track for HSR;– Advanced Positive Train Control Signaling;– Hundreds of Bridges;– Many Miles of Tunnels;– Hundreds of New Train Stations;– Numerous Support Facilities;– Migration of the Corridor Population;– Ridership Taken from Automobiles and Airlines.
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PREFACEHSR INFRASTRUCTURE
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• High Speed Rail Infrastructure Cost/Benefits
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PREFACECosts, Benefits & Challenges
• CONSIDER THE NATIONS STRUGGLE with the DesignatedHigh Speed Corridor Implementation – Ridership, Technology,Infrastructure, Population Shifts, Economics and a
Dysfunctional Political Process.
• CONSIDER THE HSR COSTS AND BENEFITS:• Total Costs of Building and Operating an HSR Line;• Some Basic Arithmetic of HSR Costs;• Where HSR Benefits Come From?• HSR and its Effects Population Migration;• How a Designated HSR Route Impacts You.
PREFACE
Evaluates Technical Alternatives, Easement Options,Safety, Environment Impacts and Costs.
Evaluates Potential Impacts of an HSR Project Such asPopulation Migration, Traffic flow, Farmland, HomeProperties and Communities along the Corridor.
Evaluates the Overall Economic Impact of the HSR on aDesignated Corridor.
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PREFACEHSR Impact Statement
PREFACE• Impact Statement Links:
• Pittsburgh Maglev System:• PITTSBURGH MAGLEV SYSTEM IMPACT STATEMENT
• Illinois Designated HSR Route:• ILLINOIS HSR IMPACT STATEMENT
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PREFACEImpact Statement Links
PREFACE
• HSR Requires Government Financial Supportand Strong Safety Regulations to Suceed.
• Ridership Determines Designated HSR CorridorImplementation and Financial Stability Sucess.
• Corridor and Land-Use Considerations Determinethe Financial Success, Ridership and Feasibility ofa Designated HSR Route.
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PREFACEHSR Challenges
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PREFACEProposed Californian HSR
Technology
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PREFACESiemens Valero HSR
PREFACE
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PREFACEDesignated HSR Corridors
East-West Not ConnectedNo Ridership
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PREFACEHSR Challenges
AIR LINES
AUTOS
HIGHWAYS
RIDERSHIP
GOVERNMENTFUNDING
POPULATIONSHIFTS
IMPACTSTATEMENTS
WORLD-WIDETECHNOLOGY
HSR
PREFACE
Do HSR Corridors Impact Population Migration?
What Contributions do HSR Corridors Make toNational Jobs, Economy and the Time to Travel ?
What Happens to the Airline, Auto, HomeBuilding and Energy Industries?
Who and What Benefits from HSR Corridors?
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PREFACEWHY HSR CORRIDORS ?
PREFACE• How Can You Participate in the HSR Public SquareDebate?
• Make your Views Known to Your Representative,
Senator and the Whitehouse with a Strong Voice.
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PREFACEParticipate in HSR
