High-speed Rail Transportation
High-speed Rail Transportation

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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High Speed Railroad Technology
High Speed Railroad Technology

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 184

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New Departures
New Departures

Author: Anthony Perl

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2014-10-17

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0813156610

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North America faces a transportation crisis. Gas-guzzling SUVs clog the highways and air travelers face delays, cancellations, and uncertainty in the wake of unprecedented terrorist attacks. New Departures closely examines the options for improving intercity passenger trains' capacity to move North Americans where they want to go. While Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada face intense pressure to transform themselves into successful commercial enterprises, Anthony Perl demonstrates how public policy changes lie behind the triumphs of European and Japanese high-speed rail passenger innovations. Perl goes beyond merely describing these achievements, translating their implications into a North American institutional and political context and diagnosing the obstacles that have made renewing passenger trains so much more difficult in North America than elsewhere. New Departures links the lessons behind rail passenger revitalization abroad with the opportunity to recast the policies that constrain Amtrak and VIA Rail from providing efficient and effective intercity transportation.

Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965
Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education

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Published: 1991

Total Pages: 224

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This hearing report, one of a series on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, contains testimony concerning Titles I, VI, and XI of that Act. Title I authorizes a series of programs designed to aid the nontraditional student. Title VI provides funds for fellowships, the establishment of national resource centers, language resource centers and business and international education programs. Title XI addresses partnerships for economic development and urban community service. This hearing consisted of two panels which included students and individuals from universities, national higher education associations, congressional representatives, and community colleges. The witnesses addressed the following issues: the needs of part-time and adult students, the internationalization of higher education, foreign language learning, study abroad, cooperative education programs, the needs of urban areas and the role that urban universities can play there, and educating the workforce. The prepared statements of the witnesses as well as supporting documents and supplemental materials are included. (JB)