1. HIGH SPEED RAIL(HSR)
A TRAIN TO NOWHERE: YOU DECIDE!
PREFACE
TECHNOLOGY
DESIGNATED HSR CORRIDORS
BENEFITS, CHALLENGES, CONCLUSIONS
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2. PREFACE
Copy Right Fair Use Rule
The following HSR information is provided for the exclusive use of the Olli
High Speed Rail Session. It is to be used only by the OLLI HSR Session
Members. The Copy Right Fair Use Rule is invoked for information taken
from the following sources:
 High Speed Rail WEB Information and Images;
 The text book: “HIGH SPEED RAIL IN THE U.S. SUPER TRAINS FOR THE
MILLENNIUM “ 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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3. PREFACE
HSR SEMINAR GOALS
• The Goals of the High Speed Rail Infrastructure
Seminar are:
– Understand: World-wide HSR Technology, Costs
and the Limitations of the Available USA Technology;
– Understand: Designated High Speed Corridors and
their Feasibility, Safety, Ridership Risks and High
Maintenance and Regulatory Requirements;
– Understand: Challenges, Benefits, Costs, Ridership
and Safety Regulations That Support HSR.
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4. PREFACE
HSR INFRASTRUCTURE
• Understand the High Speed Rail (HSR) Infrastructure:
– Designated HSR Corridors;
PREFACE
– 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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5. PREFACE
Costs, Benefits & Challenges
• High Speed Rail Infrastructure Cost/Benefits
• CONSIDER THE NATIONS STRUGGLE with the Designated
High Speed Corridor Implementation – Ridership, Technology,
Infrastructure, Population Shifts, Economics and a
PREFACE
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.
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6. PREFACE
HSR Impact Statement
 Evaluates Technical Alternatives, Easement Options,
Safety, Environment Impacts and Costs.
PREFACE
 Evaluates Potential Impacts of an HSR Project Such as
Population Migration, Traffic flow, Farmland, Home
Properties and Communities along the Corridor.
 Evaluates the Overall Economic Impact of the HSR on a
Designated Corridor.
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7. PREFACE
Impact Statement Links
• Impact Statement Links:
PREFACE
• Pittsburgh Maglev System:
• PITTSBURGH MAGLEV SYSTEM IMPACT STATEMENT
• Illinois Designated HSR Route:
• ILLINOIS HSR IMPACT STATEMENT
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8. PREFACE
HSR Challenges
• HSR Requires Government Financial Support
and Strong Safety Regulations to Suceed.
PREFACE
• Ridership Determines Designated HSR Corridor
Implementation and Financial Stability Sucess.
• Corridor and Land-Use Considerations Determine
the Financial Success, Ridership and Feasibility of
a Designated HSR Route.
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9. PREFACE
Proposed Californian HSR
Technology
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10. PREFACE
Siemens Valero HSR
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11. PREFACE
Designated HSR Corridors
PREFACE
East-West Not Connected
No Ridership
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12. PREFACE
HSR Challenges
GOVERNMENT
FUNDING WORLD-WIDE
AIR LINES
TECHNOLOGY
AUTOS
POPULATION
SHIFTS
HSR
IMPACT
HIGHWAYS STATEMENTS
RIDERSHIP
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13. PREFACE
WHY HSR CORRIDORS ?
Do HSR Corridors Impact Population Migration?
PREFACE
What Contributions do HSR Corridors Make to
National Jobs, Economy and the Time to Travel ?
 What Happens to the Airline, Auto, Home
Building and Energy Industries?
 Who and What Benefits from HSR Corridors?
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14. PREFACE
Participate in HSR
•PREFACE Participate in the HSR Public Square
How Can You
Debate?
• Make your Views Known to Your Representative,
Senator and the Whitehouse with a Strong Voice.
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15. PREFACE
QUESTIONS
DISCUSSION
TedGiras@comcast.net
BREAK ( 10 MIN)
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