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KCET –- With the one-year mark of President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan approaching last month, the White House selected 13 passenger rail corridors in 31 states to receive funding. High-speed rail projects in Florida, Illinois and California were the big winners.

KCET public television in Southern California — as a part of Blueprint America — reports on California’s plans to build a high speed rail system connecting major metropolitan areas in the Golden State. On one side, supporters say it will reduce gridlock (on the road and at the airport) and change travel in the state by moving commuters between Los Angeles and San Francisco in just 2 hours and 40 minutes. On the other side, detractors, increasingly worried about cost (to the state and riders), say the project is on track to build a very big and very fast white elephant.

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“Blueprint America on PBS reports on the country’s next infrastructure system and, at the same time, the state of the current system: From transportation — car, bus, light rail, train and plane — to the water supply to the energy grid to city development and planning. In documentaries and news segments, Blueprint America — with other programs such as NOW on PBS, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Exposé on Bill Moyers Journal, Worldfocus and Public Radio — looks at how rebuilding America’s infrastructure can rebuild the struggling economy and reshape the national landscape.”

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This entry was posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010 at 10:55 am and is filed under Competitiveness, Energy, Funding, Green, High Speed Rail, Infra Views, Local, National, Rail, Transit, Urban Planning . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.