High-Speed Ground Transportation: Issues Affecting Development in the
United States (Chapter Report, 11/17/93, GAO/RCED-94-29).

Because many parts of the nation's highway and aviation systems are now
reaching capacity, transportation planners must decide how best to meet
future transportation needs.  High-speed ground transportation systems
(HSGT) could free up capacity on some of the nation's congested highways
and airports.   Such systems include trains and magnetic levitation
systems capable of speeds of up to 150 mph. Legislation before Congress
would boost federal funding of HSGT.  This report describes HSGT
technologies, analyzes issues relating to HSGT financing, and assesses
HSGT's social benefits.

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-29
     TITLE:  High-Speed Ground Transportation: Issues Affecting 
             Development in the United States
      DATE:  11/17/93
   SUBJECT:  Railroad transportation operations
             Cost effectiveness analysis
             Railroad safety
             Regional planning
             Federal aid for transportation
             Railroad research
             Railroad engineering
             Cost sharing (finance)
             Railroad industry
             Investments
IDENTIFIER:  Japan
             France
             Germany
             Sweden
             High-Speed Rail Development Act of 1993
             Amtrak Northeast Corridor Improvement Project
             DOT National Maglev Initiative
             
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