The Federal and state governments are looking at ways to build safe, functional, ecological and convenient methods of travel including high-speed passenger rail systems. The Federal government has been behind a national push to coordinate rail systems. The Kansas Legislature has introduced four bills that would help to direct and facilitate funding for rail systems in Kansas: House Bills 2382 and 2552, Senate Bills 409 and 502, House Concurrent Resolution 5014, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 1617. These bills may be found at http://www.kslegislature.org/- click on "full text of bills" from the menu at the top and then type in the bill number.
Kansas Department of Transportation's Long Range Plan:
http://www.ksdot.org/lrtp2008/
President Obama's 2010 State of the Union speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTMrs9vpoqg
See President Obama and Vice President Biden discuss passenger rail at a town hall-type meeting:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/29/one-step-closer-future-high-speed-rail
Press release regarding President Obama and Vice President Biden announcing funds for high-speed rail projects:
http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/press-releases/341
Read the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood's blog post regarding rail:
http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/01/president-obama-delivers-on-american-highspeed-rail.html
High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program
http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2243
FRA Vision for High-Speed Rail:
http://www.northflyer.org/resources/FRA_HSR_Plan.pdf
Amtrak Kansas Fact Sheet:
http://www.northflyer.org/resources/KANSAS08.pdf
High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program- a short legislative and executive history:
http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2325
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Federal Rail Administration:
http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2153
Methodology for Determining the Avoidable and Fully Allocated Costs of Amtrak Routes, Vol. I, Main Report (December 2009):
http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/Research/ORD0916_Vol_1.pdf
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