Rail Transit and The Future Of Growth

How rail transportation can play an important role in shaping growth in the future.

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June 17, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

" Will the United States ever be able to create an integrated, adequately funded network of urban and regional rail transportation, a system comparable in scope to the vast interstate highway system that catalyzed and gave often undesirable shape to metropolitan growth over the past four decades? Why not use rails rather than roads to direct and concentrate growth during future decades?Protecting the environment and conserving energy make the argument for investing in railways instead of roadways even more compelling."

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