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Issue: 1015 Date: 2/4/2010
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聖路易 芝加哥高鐵獲11億元經費
時速220公里 二小時內行程可達
St. Louis-Chicago high-speed rail gets $1.1B in stimulus
Travel would take less than 2 hours on 220-m.p.h. trains, study says
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| 密州州長Jay Nixon，聖路易美國眾議員Russ Garnahan出席會議，白宮交通委員會執行主任Ed Montgomery宣佈巨額經費補助聖路易和芝加哥間之高鐵工程 |
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【時報訊】白宮交通委員會執行主任Ed Montgomery，日前在聖路易城區Gateway交通中心會議中宣佈，由聖路易到芝加哥興建高速鐵路之工 程獲得聯邦11億元刺激經濟補助經費這是全國第三高補助金額，同時還有額外310萬經費補助作為改善聖路易到堪薩斯市之鐵路旅客服務。
密州州長Jay Nixon，聖路易美國眾議員Russ Garnahan都出席了這項會議。
在上週三晚間的總統的全國人民演講中，Obama總統強調建設高速鐵路的重要性，全美計劃將興建13條高速鐵路，總建設金額為80億元。
執政當局以艾森豪總統“全國高速公路之父”之美喻說明奧巴馬總統之遠見。
但是建設完全相通之高速鐵路網不是一蹴可及的工程，白宮表示，西班牙是以350億經費，耗時20年才建成高速鐵路網，南韓則花了12年，超過100億經費，建築由首爾到釜山間之高速鐵路，這個高鐵行經距離相當於波士頓到紐約之距離。
St. Louis-Chicago high-speed rail gets $1.1B in stimulusTravel would take less than 2 hours on 220-m.p.h. trains, study says
A White House official plans to visit St. Louis today to announce $1.1 billion in stimulus money for high-speed rail between St. Louis and Chicago and another $31 million to upgrade passenger rail service between St. Louis and Kansas City.
Ed Montgomery, executive director of the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, plans to make the announcement at 12:30 pm. at the St. Louis Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center in downtown St. Louis.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., also plan to attend the news conference.
President Obama highlighted high-speed rail in his State of the Union address Wednesday night.
The local funding is part of the $8 billion in stimulus funding the White House is doling out Thursday for 13 new, large-scale high-speed rail corridors across the country. More than $55 billion in applications were submitted for the $8 billion available to be awarded through the federal Recovery Act.
The Obama administration likened its vision for high-speed rail to that of President Eisenhower, the "father of the Interstate highway system."
But building a comprehensive high-speed rail network does not happen overnight, White House officials said. Spain spent two decades and $35 billion developing its high-speed rail system. South Korea took 12 years and more than $10 billion to build a line stretching from Seoul to Busan, which is comparable to the distance between Boston and New York.
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| Edward Montgomery, of the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, talks about the high-speed system as U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis (left), and Gov. Jay Nixon listen. Photo by Bill Greenblatt | UPI |
密州州長Jay Nixon致詞 |
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| 伊利諾州州長Pat Quinn上週五宣佈高鐵興建案獲經費補助 |
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