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It will provide city-to-city transportation in the near future. High-speed rail (HSR) is self-guided passenger ground transportation that is time-competitive with air and/or auto on a door-to-door basis for trips in the approximate range of 100 to 500 miles. This system contains technologies that have the potential to solve passenger transportation problems in some of our Nation’s most heavily traveled intercity regions. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Why Consider HSR?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>As population and income growth spurs additional travel demand, intercity transportation by air and auto increasingly suffers from congestion and delay. This is particularly true between and within major metropolitan areas, at surrounding airports, and during weekend, holiday, and bad-weather periods. This declining quality of service adversely affects intercity travelers, other transport system users, carriers, and the general public. Increased delays resulting from the added airport security post-September 11, 2001, and the public’s desire to use ground transportation in lieu of flying, also favor the development of HSR as an alternate mode of transportation.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> A number of states are planning high-speed rail systems and making improvements necessary for high-speed rail. The technologies these states are planning to use typically involve upgrades of existing rail lines, rather than entirely new rail systems. The Next Generation High Speed Rail Technology program, which develops and demonstrates technology elements that are important for reducing the cost and time or improving the efficiency and effectiveness of high speed rail through partnerships with states and industry. The opportunities and requirements for HSR differ markedly among different pairs of cities.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="index_m.htm" TITLE="HSGTS"><U><B> Back to top</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>