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High Speed Ground Transportation Association The U.S. High Speed Trains Story Where do we stand today? Presentation to EurailSpeed Milan, Italy November 7-9, 2005 Slide 2 STEEL WHEEL/STEEL RAIL HIGH SPEED GROUND TRANSPORTATON SYSTEMS Slide 3 Intermediate and High Speed Rail Corridor Designations Intermediate Speed Rail High Speed Rail Slide 4 Steel Wheel/Steel Rail Systems Total SystemCost New York (Empire)$1.5 Pennsylvania (Keystone)$1.3 New England Rail$2.8 Southeast High Speed Rail$4.9 South Central Corridor$2.9 Florida High Speed Rail$14.4 Midwest Regional Rail$8.6 Ohio-Cleveland Hub$3.9 California High Speed Rail$33.0 Pacific Northwest$2.4 Gulf Coast$5.2 Total Costs$80.9 (All costs in 2007$ Billions) Slide 5 Midwest Regional Rail: 100 Rail Stations Slide 6 Selected Corridor Washington, DC to Charlotte Tier I Environmental Impact Statement Slide 7 Federally Designated Corridor Slide 8 Tampa to Orlando Corridor Slide 9 Vision Plan Slide 10 Californias High-Speed Train Bringing California Closer Together Bringing Us Closer Together Slide 11 Intermediate and High Speed Rail Corridor Designations Intermediate Speed Rail High Speed Rail Slide 12 MAGNETIC LEVITATION HIGH SPEED GROUND SYSTEMS Slide 13 Maglev Deployment Program (MDP) Projects in the USA Slide 14 System IOS Cost Baltimore-Washington$4.4 Pittsburgh$4.5 Atlanta-Chattanooga$4.5 Las Vegas$1.6 Southern California$8.5 Orange Line - San Diego - Total Costs$23.5 (All costs in 2007$ Billions) *IOS = Initial Operating System MAGNETIC LEVITATION SYSTEMS Slide 15 High Speed Ground Transportation Association Thank you