In Pursuit of Speed: New Options for Intercity Passenger Transport New Options for Intercity Passenger Transport -- Special Report 233 (1991) / Chapter Skim
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Preface At the request of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the National Research Council, operating through the Transportation Research Board, assembled a committee of 19 to assess the applicability of high-speed ground transportation (HSGT)
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Although the committee focused on HSGT technologies and their implementation and financing issues, it recognized that other emerging technologies, such as commercial tiltrotor aircraft and certain intelligent vehicle-highway system (!
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of this potential has yet to be undertaken and would require a change in the way transportation is evaluated in the United States. The committee recognizes that HSGT systems could complement the nation's other transportation modes, but the systems are expensive and the public subsidies that might be justified are not available.
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