APTA forms Center for High-Speed Rail

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The American Public Transportation Association has launched the Center for High-Speed Rail to advance and promote high-speed rail in the United States. The Website for the Center for High-Speed Rail is www.highspeedrailonline.org .

"With the impending announcement
by the Obama Administration on the distribution of the first federal high-speed
rail funds, the establishment now of the Center for High-Speed Rail will bring
together the expertise of its members and APTA’s education and advocacy
resources to realize the vision of high-speed rail in the United States," said
APTA President William Millar.

APTA is working closely
with other industry groups to support and advance high-speed rail in the United
States. These groups include the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials, the States for Passenger Rail Coalition and the International Union
of Railways.

APTA and UIC are partnering
to host three upcoming high-speed rail regional seminars that will be held in
Washington, D.C., on February 8-9; in Chicago February 9-11; and in Los Angeles
February 11-13. These seminars will provide U.S. decision makers with the
information necessary to implement high-speed rail. Federal Railroad
Administrator Joseph Szabo and Federal Railroad Deputy Administrator Karen Rae
will be participating in these seminars, along with other high level American
transportation experts and European high-speed rail practitioners. For more
information on these symposiums, go to www.highspeedrailonline.org.

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