Andy Kunz, President and CEO of the US High Speed Rail Association (USHSR), shares the top 10 reasons for bringing high-speed rail to America. AMERICA stands at one of the most important crossroads in history. Climate change and peak oil are both coming into focus with the uncomfortable awareness that America is the world’s largest contributor to both problems (mainly from our very inefficient transportation system), while doing the least of any nation to address either problem. At the root of this situation is the fact that many of America’s largest corporations’ entire businesses are related to the supply and burning of fossil fuels. Their heavy influence over our national and state politics, the media and shaping public opinion has held America back in a time warp from the 1950s – big oil, big autos, and big roads. America is still spending $200 billion each year expanding roads, while […]