Article ID: CBB290089063

Private agendas and the public good: The contested development of high-speed passenger rail transport in the United States (June 2022)

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Churella, Albert J (Author)


The Journal of Transport History
Volume: 43
Issue: 1
Pages: 11-32


Publication Date: June 2022
Edition Details: Issue Theme: Contributions to the post-World War II History of High-Speed Ground Transport in the United States
Language: English

During the 1960s, the United States Department of Commerce (and later the Department of Transportation) cooperated with the Pennsylvania Railroad (later, Penn Central) to develop the Metroliner, an American version of the Japanese Shinkansen. Federal officials possessed overtly political motives, including an effort to build political support for the Democratic Party in the heavily urbanized Northeast. Railroad executives sought federal subsidies for conventional rail passenger service, while building political support for the largest merger in American history. The conflicting agendas precluded the development of high-speed surface transportation in the United States.

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Article James Cohen (June 2022) Contributions to the post-World War II History of High-Speed Ground Transport in the United States. The Journal of Transport History (pp. 3-10). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Messer, David W.
Albalate, Daniel
Jonathan English
Welsh, Joe
Goldfeder, Ron
Robinson, Vincent G.
Concepts
Railroads
Land transportation
High speed trains
Passenger trains
Public policy
Pictorial works
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Horseshoe Curve (Pennsylvania)
Altoona, PA
Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
Canada
Chicago (Illinois, U.S.)
Institutions
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grand Trunk Western Railway Company
Budd Company
Penn Central Transportation Company
Amtrak
New York Central Railway
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