The people of Wisconsin who commute from Madison to Milwaukee and vice versa would find a High speed rail line useful for many reasons. Granted most people that commute from Madison to Milwaukee of vice versa aren’t doing it every day. They are generally just doing it once in a while. The technology of high speed rails is relatively simple; it consists of magnetic tracks repelling the train with a polar opposite magnet on the bottom. This creates a surface with little friction; therefore the train can go faster. A lot of factors come into play when the state thinks of funding this. Governor Walker rejected the funds and cancelled the project in 2010, but there are people that sill have hope. The cost of operation is in the millions per …show more content…
The states of Ohio and Wisconsin were given about $1.2 billion, but they both passed the grants up. The funds were reallocated to other states (“Wisconsin and Ohio”). For many the hope for high speed rail in the near future in Wisconsin has diminished because of Governor Walker rejected the funds, but Minnesota never stopped planning. Governor walker would have liked to spend the money on other things such as highway systems for the state and other infrastructure. After Wisconsin governor Scott Walker cancelled the funds for the high speed rail program, Minnesota continued planning. They currently are still planning a line from Milwaukee to Minneapolis that would run about 110 mph. Consequentially, it doesn’t run through Madison. The route is called the Empire Builder and the state of Minnesota plans to upgrade the line (Ryan). This line wouldn’t help commuters between Madison and Milwaukee, but it would make an easy trip from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities. The state of Wisconsin plans to pay around $57,000 of the planning for the line. That is about half, and the plan should be drawn up by the summer of 2014 (Ryan). High speed rail will modernize Wisconsin and America if implemented. If American wants to stay a modernized country and stay ahead of the others they would need to stay ahead of the technology that is not the case with high
The transcontinental Railroad was completed on May 10, 1869. It had started in 1830 and took almost 4 decades to finish. By 1850 the track was about 9,000 miles long east of the Missouri River. At about the same time many people were moving west. It was a dangerous path over mountains, rivers, and deserts. Before the Transcontinental Railroad it cost almost $1,000 ($31,250.00 in 2015) to travel across the country, after the railroad it cost only $100 ($4,687.50 in
As Robin Sharma once said, “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end“. As Sharma said change can be hard, as it was for the railroad, but in the end the impact can change a nation. On May 10, 1869 the Transcontinental railroad was opened. Since then the railroad has permanently transformed America. The transcontinental railroad transformed America because of the effects on American Indians, publishing travel information, and creating the Chinese Exclusion act.
While the Federal-Aid Highway act of 1956 created the U.S. Interstate system and brought a nation together, the Federal-Aid Highway act of 1973 would later create division in federal and state political parties over future funding concerns. In the short run, President Nixon considered this act as a positive step for transportation and the economy. However, in the long run, this act led to the eroding of HTF’s, leaving both state and federal government debating over how to proceed in funding a transportation infrastructure that is at present time slowly crumbling. Political differences between federal and state agencies have brought the modernization process of the transportation infrastructure to a snail’s pace. In addition, the lengthy
Fifteen thousand men. One thousand- two hundred dead. Twenty thousand pounds of bones. One thousand, seven hundred and fifty- six miles of railways. The creation of the transcontinental railroad began in 1863. It originated in the northern states and made its way to the west. Nobody knew that one day this new technology would lead to the future that we live today. During the time that the railroad was in the process of being created, many things were escalating in the US, all for the best. The Transcontinental Railroad transformed the United States more economically by creating new opportunities, improving transportation, and boosting imports and exports.
Another project they are working on is the Lone Star Regional Rail project. TxDot is proposing a regional passenger rail service connecting
to many cities two decades of rail roads have been built (history.com). during this time
Throughout the 1800’s there were more and more Americans that had moved onto the frontier of the West coast. The people of the United States believed they were destined to have their land stretched from the Pacific Ocean (the west) to the Atlantic Ocean (the east); from sea to shining sea. This settlement came from the fact that the west not only had an abundance of fertile land for farming, but it had such a great abundance of gold and mineral mining available. The Americans also believed that this was a way (and chance) to spread their beliefs! Many people saw the West as a new beginning, so they decided to head West and begin this journey. This is what the Americans believed they were destined to do… The rapid settlement of the West was caused by the great desire of the American
The 21st century brought in two light rail systems. These rail systems were used to encourage more public travel development.
Over the past twenty years, America has seen a substantial amount of change and development amongst many technological industries. Old ideas have been revolutionized. Technology has been continuously upgraded time and time again. Americans slowly have to do less and less because new inventions are constantly increasing their abilities to do more for us. Cars are getting faster, phones are getting smarter and before we know it, 2-dementional televisions will be a thing of the past. Despite everything that is growing around us there are still few things that have stayed the same; for example, the average American income for 99
Despite the tremendous economic success in Texas and its overall well-being, the state continues to face its nonstandard set of challenges that must be addressed immediately. Certainly, the most pressing issue is a deteriorating transportation infrastructure, which requires innovation, long-range planning and, of course, investment (Button & Reggiani, 2011). The following study focuses on the deteriorating transportation infrastructure as a major issue facing the state of Texas. The report will also discuss the positions of two major Texas political parties (Republican and Democratic) on the issue. It further explains the ways of their addressing it. Next, it will discuss the overall goals, the position, the level of lobbying and the
A Case Study on the California High Speed Rail System (CAHSR) - Is It Feasible?
The night of June 12, 2000 two bombs exploded on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The first came from a suicide bomber inside a hotel. The second, a more powerful car bomb concealed inside a white Mitsubishi van.
Over the years, lawmakers didn’t make big investments into infrastructure in the U.S. because they didn’t know how to fund infrastructure without raising taxes or adding to the national deficit. So, the root cause of a problem like neglected infrastructure in the U.S. stems from American political processes. Political processes are basically how something gets done. In 2009, fiscally conservative Republicans turned down a $478 billion investment plan for infrastructure (Berman, 2015). But, I don’t think that lawmakers can keep putting off on investments in public safety because the U.S. is losing economic competitiveness, jobs, and growth. One of Trump’s biggest campaign promises was revitalizing U.S. roads, bridges, and airports. Trump says that his $550 billion infrastructure plan will grow the U.S. economy and create more jobs (Great Again, 2015). Trump’s also planning on private-sector investors funding this project with tax credits to give investors a return on their investments. I think it’s about time for a more reliable and efficient transportation system. For example, in 2007, the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145 people (Change, 2007). Faulty design led to the bridge collapse. One more example is an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia in 2015, killing 8 people and injuring 200 people (Calvert & Loftus, 2015). The train accelerated toward a curve but investigators didn’t know if the engineer caused the train to speed up, if there was a mechanical error, or if there was something about the track that cased the crash. Airports in the U.S. are also operating beyond the capacity that they were intended to manage and that’s why terminals are crowded and there’s longer waiting times to get through customs especially at international airports. One time, Joe Bidden even compared LaGuardia Airport in New York to “some
City of God, is a film about the slums in Brazil, which demonstrate the environment of young teens in an urban population where high levels of crime are committed. Instead of giving them the opportunity to grow and become knowledgeable, the teens are being forced upon to stay in the ghetto and engage in illegal crimes. Education, was a privilege that was taken for granted in the hood, but it was a resource of social mobility. In Rio, the youth had to choose between an education or selling drugs on the street to help support their low-income families. The drug industry would open up increasing chances of economic mobility. The urban planning of government housing in the slums
The message of Jesus Christ and the Church is reflected though the eight Catholic Social Teaching principles. The purpose of the eight principles is to integrate faith and influence our relationship with God. The primary principle is the life and dignity of the human person. The first Catholic Social Teaching affirms that the children of God is sacred and valuable from the time of conception until death. For instance, unborn children, homeless people, and students are all equal in dignity. Additionally, the Catholic Church defends the dignity of each person, since God created people to love and serve him. Overall, the first Catholic Social Teaching principle can be applied to my four years at Maria Regina High School.