Comments on: New England Advocates Get Behind Connecticut High Speed Rail http://blog.tstc.org/2009/08/26/new-england-advocates-get-behind-connecticut-high-speed-rail/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Yes CT Can: New Haven-Springfield Line Wins High-Speed Rail $ | Mobilizing the Region http://blog.tstc.org/2009/08/26/new-england-advocates-get-behind-connecticut-high-speed-rail/comment-page-1/#comment-3314 Yes CT Can: New Haven-Springfield Line Wins High-Speed Rail $ | Mobilizing the Region Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:12:10 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6385#comment-3314 [...] momentum behind the New Haven-Springfield project. In August, TSTC and 21 New England groups sent a joint letter of support for the project to the Federal Rail Administration, and through the winter Tri-State called on [...] [...] momentum behind the New Haven-Springfield project. In August, TSTC and 21 New England groups sent a joint letter of support for the project to the Federal Rail Administration, and through the winter Tri-State called on [...]

]]> By: stbdtckr http://blog.tstc.org/2009/08/26/new-england-advocates-get-behind-connecticut-high-speed-rail/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 stbdtckr Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:23:56 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6385#comment-1508 The sad thing is that so much of this money will go towards re-doing environmental permits that were allready filed at the State level. The sad thing is that so much of this money will go towards re-doing environmental permits that were allready filed at the State level.

]]> By: David L. http://blog.tstc.org/2009/08/26/new-england-advocates-get-behind-connecticut-high-speed-rail/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 David L. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:52:45 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6385#comment-1430 From a dependable source, I've just learned that the High Speed Stimulus grants will be announced in late September. From a dependable source, I’ve just learned that the High Speed Stimulus grants will be announced in late September.

]]> By: David L. http://blog.tstc.org/2009/08/26/new-england-advocates-get-behind-connecticut-high-speed-rail/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 David L. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:33:18 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6385#comment-1428 I would like to thank Tri-State Transportation Campaign for all the work your organization has done to promote High Speed Rail in the Tri-State and New England area. Does anyone know WHEN the FEDs will announce who will receive the High Speed Rail funding? I would like to thank Tri-State Transportation Campaign for all the work your organization has done to promote High Speed Rail in the Tri-State and New England area.

Does anyone know WHEN the FEDs will announce who will receive the High Speed Rail funding?

]]> By: Walter http://blog.tstc.org/2009/08/26/new-england-advocates-get-behind-connecticut-high-speed-rail/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 Walter Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:44:18 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6385#comment-1429 $600,000 for "double-tracking" from New Haven to Milford? The line to New Haven has always been four tracks, except when they let one track between the two cities lay fallow a few years ago in a big moron move. With the new station in West Haven the track needed to be rehabbed anyway. How does that fit into High Speed Rail, though? Have we become so pathetic that we can call Metro-North (and Amtrak's New Haven-Springfield Shuttle) high speed rail? $600,000 for “double-tracking” from New Haven to Milford? The line to New Haven has always been four tracks, except when they let one track between the two cities lay fallow a few years ago in a big moron move. With the new station in West Haven the track needed to be rehabbed anyway.

How does that fit into High Speed Rail, though? Have we become so pathetic that we can call Metro-North (and Amtrak’s New Haven-Springfield Shuttle) high speed rail?

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