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Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Harnish, Executive Director, Midwest High Speed Rail Association

Monday, February 1st, 2016

Richard Harnish is the Executive Director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association (MHSRA), a member-supported non-profit organization advocating for fast, frequent and dependable trains linking the entire Midwest.

Here in Illinois we’ve been seeing a lot more interest in doing true high speed rail and we think we’re close to an important next step there. And I was out in Sacramento two months ago and touched the first car shell for that line. That’s something that most people don’t know: those trains really are under construction, and the stations are under construction. So we’re very close to a major tipping point.

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Tags: FAST Act, High Speed Rail, HSR, Midwest High Speed Rail Association, MWHSRA, Richard Harnish, Rick Harnish
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High Speed Rail Summit – Speakers Include InfrastructureUSA Managing Director Steve Anderson

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

From the US High Speed Rail Association: Don’t miss this exciting high speed rail event of the year – High Speed Rail Summit DC. The Nation’s capital is the place to be this February 11-13. Business and political leaders will come together with the world’s top experts to bring high speed rail to America. High speed […]

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Tags: Alex Metcalf PhD, American Society of Civil Engineers, Amtrak, Andrew Wood, Armin Kick, ASCE, Association for Public Transportation, Association of Independent Passender Rail Operators, Bob LaCroix, Californians for High Speed Rail, Cityline Partners, Cornell University, Daniel Krause, Douglas Firstenberg, Drew Galloway, Dwayne Sampson, Emy Louie, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Gensler, Ignacio Barron, Joan McDonald, John Robert Smith, Kevin Brubaker, Midwest High Speed Rail Association, Mike Bello, NEC Commission, New York DOT, Patrick Natale, Petra Messick, Ray Chambers, Reconnecting America, Regional Plan Association, Richard Arena, Richard Geddes PhD, Rick Harnish, Robert Yaro, Siemens, Stephen Gardner, Stonebridge Associates, TEMS Inc., Tom Fleury, Transportation Diversity Council, UIC, US HIGH SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION, USHSRA, Washington DC
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Competitiveness, Congestion, Economic Stimulus, Funding, High Speed Rail, Jobs, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Harnish, Midwest High Speed Rail Association

Monday, January 28th, 2013

Richard Harnish is the Executive Director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association, a membership-based non-profit organization advocating for fast, frequent and dependable trains linking the entire Midwest. Harnish graduated from Elmhurst College in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in transportation management. After leaving Elmhurst, Harnish was a logistics manager at American President […]

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Tags: Amtrak, Chicago, IL, Illinois, Midwest High Speed Rail Association, MWHSRA, Richard Harnish
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Long Distance Trains: Multipurpose Mobility Machines

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

MIDWEST HIGH SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION & NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS
Long distance train routes form the foundation of the national passenger train network. Their unique capabilities allow them to connect congested urban areas and bring economically viable mobility to rural areas and small towns, many of which are becoming more isolated from major cities as regional airline and intercity bus service disappears.

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Tags: Midwest High Speed Rail Association, NARP, National Association of Railroad Passengers
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The Economic Impacts of High Speed Rail: Transforming the Midwest

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

MIDWEST HIGH SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION
The goal of the study is to provide a candid and impartial assessment of a wide range of investments that will need to be made in railroads, commuter rail and transit to support a HSR hub in downtown Chicago and to help envision the types of land use and development potential that a well-designed, integrated high-speed system could produce for Chicago and its surrounding communities.

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Tags: Chicago, HSR, Midwest High Speed Rail Association, MWHSRA
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Chicago-St. Louis 220-mph trains would create more than 40,000 jobs, reduce harmful CO2 emissions by nearly 200 million pounds: new study

Monday, March 8th, 2010

MIDWEST HIGH-SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION
CHICAGO, Ill. – Proposed 220-mph high speed rail to cut the Chicago-St. Louis trip to less than two hours would also provide a major boost to the economy and efforts to reduce harmful emissions

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Tags: carbon footprint, Chicago, IL, Illinois, MHSRA, Midwest High Speed Rail Association, Missouri, MO, St. Louis
Posted in Competitiveness, Employment, Environment, Green, High Speed Rail, Infra Views, Jobs, Local, Pollution, Rail, Recovery, Transit

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Posts Tagged ‘Midwest High Speed Rail Association’

Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Harnish, Executive Director, Midwest High Speed Rail Association

High Speed Rail Summit – Speakers Include InfrastructureUSA Managing Director Steve Anderson

Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Harnish, Midwest High Speed Rail Association

Long Distance Trains: Multipurpose Mobility Machines

The Economic Impacts of High Speed Rail: Transforming the Midwest

Chicago-St. Louis 220-mph trains would create more than 40,000 jobs, reduce harmful CO2 emissions by nearly 200 million pounds: new study

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Posts Tagged ‘Midwest High Speed Rail Association’

Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Harnish, Executive Director, Midwest High Speed Rail Association

High Speed Rail Summit – Speakers Include InfrastructureUSA Managing Director Steve Anderson

Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Harnish, Midwest High Speed Rail Association

Long Distance Trains: Multipurpose Mobility Machines

The Economic Impacts of High Speed Rail: Transforming the Midwest

﻿Chicago-St. Louis 220-mph trains would create more than 40,000 jobs, reduce harmful CO2 emissions by nearly 200 million pounds: new study

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Chicago-St. Louis 220-mph trains would create more than 40,000 jobs, reduce harmful CO2 emissions by nearly 200 million pounds: new study