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States Make Pitches For High-Speed-Rail Money
by David Schaper - npr.org
Advocates for high-speed rail in the United States have lived a somewhat lonely existence over the past couple of decades. While there has long been talk about developing bullet trains in the U.S.  similar to those in Japan, China and Europe  there has never been much more than talk. Year after year, high-speed rail took a backseat in an autocentric and highflying culture.
"I would say it's been somewhat frustrating in that there just wasn't any support from the federal government," says Andy Kunz, president of the newly formed U.S. High Speed Rail Association  a group created because under President Obama, high-speed rail is finally moving to the forefront of transportation planning.
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