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NewsReviewing High-Speed Rail
10/23/2009 3:19:22 PM | U.S. DOT News Release
In response to requests, the U.S. Department of Transportation will review the feasibility of extending the nation's designated high-speed passenger rail corridors to include the connection between Cleveland to Pittsburgh.
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Last month, both governors - along with members of Ohio's Congressional delegation and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) - asked the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) - to consider extending the current Keystone High-Speed Rail Corridor through Pennsylvania to include the Cleveland-Pittsburgh connection.
"I am gratified by the importance that (Governor Strickland) and Governor Rendell ascribe to high-speed rail and to the proposed extension," wrote Secretary LaHood. "I look forward to working with you to realize the Obama Administration's far-reaching vision of building a national passenger rail network."
A study done by the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) showed the Cleveland-Pittsburgh corridor met federal criteria for high-speed designation, and could serve as a vital link to Ohio's proposed 3C "Quick Start" Passenger Rail Plan.
The study forecasted strong ridership between Pittsburgh and Cleveland with as many as 860,000 annual trips in a high-speed system, where trains reach speeds as high as 110 mph.
"A high speed corridor connection from Toledo to Cleveland and on to Pittsburgh and the East Coast would connect the Midwest's great regional economies, making them stronger and bringing new jobs to a part of the country hard hit by the global recession," said Governor Strickland. "I appreciate Secretary LaHood taking Ohio's economic needs seriously and look forward to his response later this year."
ODOT and ORDC are awaiting word from Washington on the state's recent application for federal stimulus funding for the Ohio 3C "Quick Start" Passenger Rail Plan, seeking a share of $8 billion in federal passenger rail funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Ohio's application details the state's plans for investing, constructing, and operating a passenger rail service corridor connecting Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati with medium speed 79 mph passenger trains. The state believes that its application is a strong contender for stimulus funds.
Ohio also joined the State of Indiana in applying for $2.8 million in Recovery Act funds to finance planning for advancing the Chicago-Toledo-Cleveland corridor to high speed.
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posted at 10/24/2009 7:44:37 PM (17291)
KRobb633 said:
I have always been a supporter of high speed rail. This nation needs to cut down on it's use of fossil fuels as well as the number of drivers on the road. This would be a good start. Too bad they saw fit to leave Akron out of the picture.
posted at 10/24/2009 11:25:54 PM (17296)
BruceMcF said:
The reason that this Pittsburgh/Cleveland 110mph HSR corridor is ON AkronNewsNow is because that is the corridor in the Ohio Hub with a Summit County station, which from the existing rail corridors looks to be in Hudson.
Indeed, since it includes an increase rail corridor capacity, it could also be part of a conventional rail corridor running from Canton and Akron to Cleveland ... one leg from Barberton through Akron U and downtown Akron, the other from Canton and Canton-Akron Airport, both running through Cuyahoga Falls up to Hudson to join the HSR corridor to Cleveland. Or those lines could cross with one going through Kent and joining the HSR corridor west of Ravenna to run to Youngstown, with a Cuyahoga Falls exchange between the East/West and North/South corridors.
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