CITY LEADERS EXPLORE HIGH-SPEED RAIL.Byline: City News Service Southland lawmakers looked for ways Friday to use federal dollars to bring a high-speed rail High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions include 200-320 km/h (125-200 mph) - depending on whether the track is upgraded or new - by the European Union and above 90 mph system to Southern California. The 270-mile system proposed by the Southern California Association of Governments would involve more than 600,000 daily trips regionwide, with stops in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , Anaheim, Corona, Van Nuys, Santa Clarita and San Bernardino. The conference was co-sponsored by SCAG scag - To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage. Compare scrog, roach. and the Federal Railroad Administration The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created in 1966 as a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation to promote rail transportation and safety. The FRA is one of 10 agencies within the Department of Transportation concerned with intermodal transportation. . About $60 million in funding is available for the Southland from the Highway Trust Fund. That money would be used to study the feasibility of maglev, or magnetic levitation, high-speed rail technologies, for fiscal years 1999 to 2001. An additional $950 million in federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve was authorized to fund maglev rail demonstration projects from fiscal year 2000 to 2003. ``Congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. on our region's highways and at our airports is horrible today, and it will only get worse as the region adds 7 million new residents by the year 2020,'' said Bob Bartlett, mayor of Monrovia and SCAG president. ``We must look at maglev as a serious alternative for getting around Southern California in the 21st century,'' he said. Unlike conventional steel-wheel trains, with maglev there is no physical contact between the train and the rail. Maglev trains, which can travel at up to 250 mph, float over a metal guideway by using magnetic repulsion repulsion /re·pul·sion/ (re-pul´shun) 1. the act of driving apart or away; a force that tends to drive two bodies apart. 2. . ``It is critical for us to come together and devise a plan to move people and goods,'' said Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Torrance, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that developed the funding bill. ``Maglev can serve as a central element for moving people and goods efficiently and in an environmentally sensitive manner,'' she said. ``And SCAG's plan will allow the region to meet its mobility goals while still meeting environmental and air quality standards.'' |
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