1. High Speed Ground Transportation Association The U.S. High Speed Trains Story – Where do we stand today? Presentation to EurailSpeed – Milan, Italy – November 7-9, 2005

2. STEEL WHEEL/STEEL RAIL HIGH SPEED GROUND TRANSPORTATON SYSTEMS

3. Intermediate and High Speed Rail Corridor Designations Intermediate Speed Rail High Speed Rail

4. Steel Wheel/Steel Rail Systems Total SystemCost New York (Empire)$1.5 Pennsylvania (Keystone)$1.3 New England Rail$2.8 Southeast High Speed Rail$4.9 South Central Corridor$2.9 Florida High Speed Rail$14.4 Midwest Regional Rail$8.6 Ohio-Cleveland Hub$3.9 California High Speed Rail$33.0 Pacific Northwest$2.4 Gulf Coast$5.2 Total Costs$80.9 (All costs in 2007$ Billions)

5. Midwest Regional Rail: 100 Rail Stations

6. Selected Corridor Washington, DC to Charlotte Tier I Environmental Impact Statement

7. Federally Designated Corridor

8. Tampa to Orlando Corridor

9. Vision Plan

10. California’s High-Speed Train Bringing California Closer Together Bringing Us Closer Together

11. Intermediate and High Speed Rail Corridor Designations Intermediate Speed Rail High Speed Rail

12. MAGNETIC LEVITATION HIGH SPEED GROUND SYSTEMS

13. Maglev Deployment Program (MDP) Projects in the USA

14. System IOS Cost Baltimore-Washington$4.4 Pittsburgh$4.5 Atlanta-Chattanooga$4.5 Las Vegas$1.6 Southern California$8.5 Orange Line - San Diego - Total Costs$23.5 (All costs in 2007$ Billions) *IOS = Initial Operating System MAGNETIC LEVITATION SYSTEMS

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