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APTA Hosts Forum on High-Speed Rail; Experts from Across the Country Attend
As Passenger Transport went to press, more than 150 passenger rail experts convened at the APTA offices for a day-long high-speed rail policy forum Nov. 30, opened by APTA Chair Doran J. Barnes, executive director, Foothill Transit, West Covina, CA, who called high-performance passenger rail “one of the most efficient ways to link regions together.”
APTA Acting President & CEO Richard White commended the “leadership of APTA’s High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Committee” and spoke about the need for America to have a “smart transportation system to meet the needs of the 21st century.”
Discussions during the day centered on identifying the next steps APTA can take to move the high-performance rail agenda forward at the federal level. The forum is a follow-up to similar meetings held in the past two years, posing the question “What will be the tipping point for a national high-performance passenger rail plan and program?”
Anna M. Barry, chair, APTA High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Committee, and deputy commissioner, Connecticut DOT, facilitated a roundtable discussion. Al Engel, vice chair, HSIPR Committee, and principal, Al Engel Consulting, reported on global efforts regarding high-speed rail.
More forum details will appear in a future issue of Passenger Transport.
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APTA hosted a well-attended forum, “Getting to the Tipping Point: U.S. High Performance Intercity Passenger Rail,” in its offices on Nov. 30.
Photo by Mitchell Wood
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