WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, former White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu, and other high-profile advocates for high-speed rail headlined the U.S. High Speed Rail annual conference May 14-15 in Washington, D.C.
They were among more than 200 industry, labor, political and academic leaders who converged to advance strategies and policies for building a nationwide bullet train network in America.
Conference speakers asserted that America is entering a new era of progress on high-speed rail, following unprecedented investments by the Biden Administration; Brightline West breaking ground on a bullet train from Las Vegas to Southern California last month; major new labor agreements; and federal designation of seven high-speed rail corridors around the country (including Dallas to Houston and Portland-Seattle-Vancouver, BC.)
At the conference, sessions focused on a range of plans to turn high-speed rail into a major mode of transportation in America.
Panelists discussed strategies to launch new high-speed rail projects in major regions across the country, massively speed up high-speed rail construction timelines and ensure the initial bullet train projects taking shape in the country successfully demonstrate the sweeping benefits of high-speed rail.
Source: U.S. High Speed Rail Association
