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High-Speed Rail
| Click here for a summary of the High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail grant recipients. (Adobe Acrobat, 15KB) |
| Click here for a map detailing project funding by geographic region (JPEG Image, 146KB) |
| On 1/28/2010, President Obama announced the recipients of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus high-speed and intercity passenger rail grant funds. For the official FRA press release click here: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/press-releases/341. |
| On 10/14/2009, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held a hearing titled, "High Speed Rail in the United States: Opportunities and Challenges." For a summary of the hearing click here. On 10/6/2009, FRA Administrator Joe Szabo announced that FRA received 45 applications from 24 states totaling approximately $50 billion to advance high-speed rail corridor programs. Also, FRA received 214 applications from 34 states totaling $7 billion for corridor planning and smaller projects. Due to the overwhelming response and FRA's desire to lay the groundwork for a truly national high-speed and intercity passenger rail program, announcement of all awards will be made this winter. 8/24/2009 was the deadline for the initial round of state applications for federal high-speed rail development funds. While July's first round of pre-applications saw $102.5 billion in proposed projects, the final application for Tracks 1, 3 and 4 projects saw state DOTs announcing less than $6.6 billion in actual shovel-ready high-speed rail projects. States with more ambitious plans will likely resubmit these as 'Track 2' projects, designed for long-term development of corridors, by the Track 2 deadline of October 2. FRA will now begin to evaluate the submissions and plans to announce the winners in October. For an informative Engineering News-Record article about the first round of applications, click here. On August 14, 2009, the FRA released application information for "Track 2- Programs" for the High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program. For more information, including links to the required application forms, click here: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2248. Applications are due no later than October 2, 2009. On August 10, 2009, the FRA posted responses to applicant questions and other inquiries here: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2264. For specific inquiries concerning NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) click here: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2271. On July 10, 2009, 278 applicants submitted pre-applications to the FRA to receive High-Speed Passenger Rail funding. Follow this link for pre-application data broken down by state: http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/Senate_Presentation_07_20_2009.pdf. Links to selected pre-applications are listed below each corridor description. On June 23, 2009, the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security held a hearing titled, "High-Speed Passenger Rail: How Fast Will It Get Here?" For a summary of that hearing, click on this link: http://www.nrcma.org/news.cfm. On June 17, 2009, the The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released guidelines for receiving grants for the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program (HSIPR) designated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus bill. The guidance was released in response to the April 16, 2009 announcement from President Barack Obama, along with Vice President Biden and U.S. DOT Secretary LaHood, of the FRA's Strategic Plan for High-Speed Rail. These guidelines detail the application requirements and procedures to guide eligible applicants in seeking funding for high-speed and intercity passenger rail authorized by the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) and appropriated under ARRA and the DOT Appropriation Acts of 2009 and 2008. The FRA is soliciting public comment on the interim guidance which may be filed at www.regulations.gov (Docket Number FRA-2009-0045). FRA will consider all comments received by July 10, 2009, and will publish any resulting clarifications or revisions to the guidance in the Federal Register and on FRA's website (www.fra.dot.gov). FRA has informed us that all questions should be sent via email to this address: hsipr@dot.gov. |
| Click here for a summary of the FRA Interim Guidelines |
| Click here for the complete FRA Interim Guidelines (Adobe Acrobat, 492KB) |
| The FRA's Strategic Plan for High-Speed Rail is a vision to transform the nation's transportation system by rebuilding existing rail infrastructure while launching new high-speed passenger rail services in 100-600 mile corridors that connect U.S. communities. A full length version of the Strategic Plan can be found here: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/31. The funding for the plan will come from an initial $8 billion down payment on a national network of corridors as designated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus bill, along with $1 billion per year for at least 5 years (proposed in FY 2010 budget). Completion of the vision will require long‐term commitment from both the Federal Government and States. The FRA also held a series of High-Speed Rail (HSR) and Intercity Passenger Rail (IPR) Workshops throughout the country to further refine their implementation of President Obama's vision for developing a series of intercity and high-speed passenger rail corridors in the United States. A link to the workshop presentations from the FRA, Amtrak, and each of the corridors is available here: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2241. |
| The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on high speed passenger rail titled, "Future Development Will Depend on Addressing Financial and Other Challenges and Establishing a Clear Federal Role" which is available here: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09317.pdf. |
Ten major corridors are being identified for potential high‐speed rail projects: Link to map: http://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/RRdev/hsrmap-lv.pdf WEST REGION: * California Corridor (Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego) Helpful links: CA High-Speed Rail Authority - http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/646 CA DOT Division of Rail - http://www.dot.ca.gov/rail/go/dor/index.cfm Amtrak CA - http://amtrakcalifornia.com/rail/go/amtrak/index.cfm For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=California+Corridor+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us California Track 1, 3 & 4 Applications (42) information: http://www.dot.ca.gov/Recovery/documents/HighSpeedIntercityPassengerRailProgram.pdf * Pacific Northwest Corridor (Eugene, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver BC) Helpful links: FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/645 Oregon DOT Rail Division - http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/RAIL Washington DOT Rail - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/freight/rail Amtrak Cascades - http://www.amtrakcascades.com For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Pacific+Northwest+Corridor+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us Oregon-Washington Pre-Application: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/RAIL/docs/ARRA/PreapplicationPNWRC_OR.pdf |
MIDWEST REGION: * Chicago Hub Network (Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, St. Louis, Kansas City, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville) Helpful links: Midwest High Speed Rail Association - http://www.midwesthsr.org FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/648 Wisconsin DOT - http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov Illinois DOT - http://www.dot.state.il.us Michigan DOT Bureau of Transportation Planning - http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-11056---,00.html Ohio 3C Corridor - http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Rail/Programs/passenger/3CisME/Pages/default.aspx Ohio Rail Development Commission - http://www.dot.state.oh.us/divisions/rail/Pages/default.aspx Indiana DOT- http://www.in.gov/indot Indiana High Speed Rail Association - http://www.indianahighspeedrail.org For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Chicago+Hub+Network+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us Michigan Pre-Applications (7): http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-11056-218528--,00.html Minnesota Pre-Application information: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/09/08/03-passenger-rail.html Missouri Pre-Application information: http://www.modot.mo.gov/newsandinfo/District0News.shtml?action=displaySSI&newsId=35841 Ohio Pre-Application: http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Rail/Programs/passenger/3CisME/Documents/Ohio3CPreapplication.pdf CREATE - www.createprogram.org - Although CREATE deals with freight rail mostly, it did receive $133 million in HSR funding. Read about it here: http://www.createprogram.org/JanuaryNewsletter.html. |
SOUTHEAST REGION: * Florida Corridor (Orlando, Tampa, Miami) Helpful links: Florida High Speed Rail Authority - http://www.floridahighspeedrail.org Florida ConnectUs - http://www.fastrailconnectus.com FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/651 Florida DOT - http://www.dot.state.fl.us Florida Bullet Train - http://www.floridabullettrain.com For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Florida+Corridor+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us Florida Pre-Application: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/economicstimulus/rail/HSR-Pre-Application.pdf Florida PE/NEPA Track 1b Application: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/economicstimulus/rail/Track1b-Application.pdf Letters of Support of Florida Application: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/economicstimulus/rail/Support.pdf * Southeast Corridor (Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Macon, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville) Helpful links: Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor - http://www.sehsr.org FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/650 North Carolina DOT Rail Division - http://www.bytrain.org Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation - http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/default.aspx Virginians For High-Speed Rail - http://www.vhsr.com Georgia DOT - http://www.dot.state.ga.us/Pages/default.aspx South Carolina DOT - http://www.dot.state.sc.us For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Southeast+Corridor+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us Virginia Pre-Application information: http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/news/details.aspx?id=421 Virginia Application information: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/MediaRelations/NewsReleases/viewRelease.cfm?id=1043 |
| * Gulf Coast Corridor (Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Atlanta) Helpful links: Southern High-Speed Rail Commission - http://www.southernhsr.org FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/649 Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development: http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov Mississippi DOT - http://www.gomdot.com/Home/Home.aspx Alabama DOT - http://www.dot.state.al.us/docs For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Gulf+Coast+Corridor+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us * South Central Corridor (Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Little Rock) Helpful links: FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/647 Texas High-Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation - http://www.thsrtc.com Texas DOT Transportation Planning and Programming Division - http://www.txdot.gov/about_us/administration/divisions/tpp.htm Oklahoma DOT - http://www.okladot.state.ok.us For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=South+Central+Corridor+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us Texas Pre-Application (17) information: http://www.txdot.gov/news/029-2009.htm Texas Track 1, 3 & 4 Applications (9) information: ftp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/stimulus/rail_apps.pdf |
NORTHEAST REGION: * Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh) Helpful links: FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/652 PA DOT - http://www.dot.state.pa.us For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Keystone+Corridor+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us Pennsylvannia Pre-Applications (4) click here. Pennsylvannia Track 1 Applications click here. Pennsylvannia Track 3 Application click here. * Empire Corridor (New York City, Albany, Buffalo) Helpful links: FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/653 NY DOT - https://www.nysdot.gov/index NY State Senate High Speed Rail Task Force - http://www.cdta.org/hsr/High20Rail20Force20Program%20Overview.htm For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Empire+Corridor+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us |
| * Northern New England Corridor (Boston, Montreal, Portland, Springfield, New Haven, Albany) Helpful links: FRA corridor description - http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/654 Vermont Agency of Transportation Rail Division - http://railroads.vermont.gov Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation Train Section - http://www.eot.state.ma.us//default.asp?pgid=TrainIndex&sid=level2 New Hampshire DOT Rail and Transit - http://www.nh.gov/dot/org/aerorailtransit/railandtransit/index.htm For the latest news on this corridor click this link: http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Northern+New+England+Corridor+High-Speed+Rail&hl=en&gl=us Also, opportunities exist for the Northeast Corridor (Washington, Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, New Haven, Providence, Boston) to compete for funds for improvements to the nation's only existing high‐speed rail service, and for establishment and upgrades to passenger rail services in other parts of the country. Maryland Pre-Application (10) information: http://www.mdot.state.md.us/Planning/Economic_Recovery/MarylandHighSpeedRailPre-App.pdf Maryland Application information: http://www.mdot.state.md.us/News/2009/August%202009/ARRAfundsforrail.doc Coalition of Northeast Governors (CONEG) Application information: http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/press_0825092.html Other States: Iowa information: http://www.iowadot.gov/recovery/pdfs/improvepassengerrail.pdf Kansas Pre-Applications (3; download under passenger rail section): http://www.ksdot.org/burRail/Rail/default.asp Kansas Track 1A Application: http://www.ksdot.org/PDF_Files/HSIPR-Final-Track-1A-Application.pdf |
Other Informative High-Speed Rail sites: American High Speed Rail Alliance - www.americanhsra.org APTA - http://www.apta.com/resources/hottopics/Pages/highspeedrail.aspx OneRail Coalition - http://onerail.org Progressive Railroading - www.hsrupdates.com Trains Magazine - http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=ss&id=98 |
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