As summer travel plans to visit friends and family wind down, the question arises if there is a reasonable alternative to long distance air travel. An earlier post, which hailed the success of high speed rail between Madrid and Barcelona, reiterates the limited scope of train travel as an alternative to flying. For trips of [...]
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Is There an Eco-conscious Alternative to Air Travel?
August 11th, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, Japan, Transportation 
Tags: Bio-fuels, High Speed Rail, Solar Energy, Trains, Water 
View Comments“A Graphic is Worth a Thousand Words”
May 15th, 2010 Justin Manger Source: Washington Post
Posted in China, Clean Technology, Graphics, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: High Speed Rail, Trains View CommentsColorado Front Range Completes Initial High Speed Rail Study
March 31st, 2010 Eric Wilson With the awarding of billions of dollars from the stimulus bill to various big high speed rail projects across the nation, several smaller studies have been conducted on the feasibility of constructing and running faster train lines. The Rocky Mountain Rail Authority – “a multi-jurisdictional government body comprised of 52 Colorado cities, towns, counties and [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Colorado, Denver, Fort Collins, High Speed Rail, Stimulus Bill, Trains View CommentsMaking High Speed Rail More Enticing Than Air Travel
March 20th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last week’s post about Travel and Leisure’s top ten scenic train rides espoused the lower environmental impact of rail travel along with being able to experience the inherent beauty of earth’s natural vistas. In this case, the environmental angle only represents a minor portion of the equation. Train travel is arguably more relaxing than going [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Environment, High Speed Rail, Trains View CommentsUS Government Announces High Speed Rail Funding
January 28th, 2010 Eric Wilson The United States government announced the recipients of $8 billion in high speed rail stimulus funding today. Three projects will receive the lion’s share of money set aside in last year’s stimulus bill. The projects will be based in California, Illinois, and Florida. According to a press release from The White House, President Obama and [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, President Obama, Transportation Tags: High Speed Rail, Stimulus Bill, Trains View Comments
