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High speed passenger rail : effectively using Recovery Act funds for high speed rail projects : testimony before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. Senate /

This testimony discusses the implementation of high speed intercity passenger rail projects in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act). The $8 billion provided by the Recovery Act for high speed and other intercity passenger rail projects has focused more attention on a...

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Main Author:	Fleming, Susan A.
Corporate Authors:	United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, United States. Government Accountability Office
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
Series:	Testimony ; GAO-09-786T.
Subjects:	United States. > American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. High speed trains > United States > Finance. High speed trains > United States > Planning. High speed trains > Government policy > United States. Railroads > United States > Passenger traffic > Finance. Railroads > United States > Passenger traffic > Planning. Railroads > Passenger traffic > Government policy > United States. Federal aid to transportation > United States.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS114807

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