Book Description

This is the statement of Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office, before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, on the issues surrounding the development of high-speed ground transportation (HSGT) in the United States. The testimony reviews the alternative HSGT technologies and focuses on infrastructure improvements needed to bring HSGT to the United States on existing railroad rights-of-way. Also discussed are the social benefits that might accrue from introducing HSGT and the problem of accurately assessing these benefits.