Guest on The Infra Blog: Petra Todorovich, Director of America 2050 at Regional Plan Association, Discusses New High-Speed Rail Report

Posted by Steve Anderson on Monday, January 17th, 2011

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Petra Todorovich is Director of America 2050, a national urban planning initiative to develop an infrastructure and growth strategy for the United States.  Since its launch in 2005, America 2050 has convened some of the brightest thinkers in the fields of transportation, land use planning, social equity, and urban development to create a compelling vision for America’s future growth. That vision includes an ambitious agenda for infrastructure investments in sustainable transportation, the energy grid, and ‘green’ water infrastructure to shape quality communities, create jobs, and make America more competitive and livable in the 21st century.

Read the new America 2050 report: High-Speed Rail in America

Petra Todorovich:

America 2050’s new report: High Speed Rail in America

Megaregions and HSR

Investing where there’s demand

HSR and the new Congress

Download Transcript (PDF): Petra Todorovich on The Infra Blog

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