beautifulplanet
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Hello everyone,
the following is an effort to list all the rail advocacy organizations that promote high-speed rail in the US (outside of California or the Northeast Corridor).
In case I did not miss a lot, there seem to be only so many organizations or citizen groups working towards getting high-speed rail in the US - sometimes it might even seem like there are less supporting it than opposing it (especially when it comes to California).
What I found was:
US High Speed Rail Association
http://www.ushsr.com/membership.html
Advocate Membership starting at 75$/year (students 35$/year)
It seems like at least there was something called "The American High Speed Rail Alliance".
https://www.facebook.com/AmericanHSRA/info
Website not working anymore since summer 2013 - does it still exist?
Then there is a website called "Stand Up For Trains", that also tried to promote CAHSR.
http://www.standupfortrains.org/
- no updates since 2012?
National Association of Railroad Passengers
http://www.narprail.org/donate/join
Of course there's NARP, and some of its local chapters, and they seem to support high-speed rail, but their main focus seems to be the improvement and expansion of conventional Amtrak services (not high-speed rail).
Indiviual membership starting at 35$/year (senior 25$/year, students 20$/year).
Here are some organzations also promoting high-speed rail in their respective regions:
Midwest High Speed Rail Association
http://www.midwesthsr.org/get-involved
Offering a mailing list and the possibility to donate.
Texas Rail Advocates
http://www.texasrailadvocates.org/pg_joinus.asp
Also seem to promote High-Speed Rail. Membership starts at 15$/year.
Of course there are more passenger rail groups, supporting proposals for 110mph or 90mph service in their respective regions, still looking for possible 126+mph being built, it currently might seem like California, the Midwest, Texas or the Northeast could be places where something like that would happen.
In case there are other high-speed rail advocacy organizations, it would be appreciated to also mention them here.
the following is an effort to list all the rail advocacy organizations that promote high-speed rail in the US (outside of California or the Northeast Corridor).
In case I did not miss a lot, there seem to be only so many organizations or citizen groups working towards getting high-speed rail in the US - sometimes it might even seem like there are less supporting it than opposing it (especially when it comes to California).
What I found was:
US High Speed Rail Association
http://www.ushsr.com/membership.html
Advocate Membership starting at 75$/year (students 35$/year)
It seems like at least there was something called "The American High Speed Rail Alliance".
https://www.facebook.com/AmericanHSRA/info
Website not working anymore since summer 2013 - does it still exist?
Then there is a website called "Stand Up For Trains", that also tried to promote CAHSR.
http://www.standupfortrains.org/
- no updates since 2012?
National Association of Railroad Passengers
http://www.narprail.org/donate/join
Of course there's NARP, and some of its local chapters, and they seem to support high-speed rail, but their main focus seems to be the improvement and expansion of conventional Amtrak services (not high-speed rail).
Indiviual membership starting at 35$/year (senior 25$/year, students 20$/year).
Here are some organzations also promoting high-speed rail in their respective regions:
Midwest High Speed Rail Association
http://www.midwesthsr.org/get-involved
Offering a mailing list and the possibility to donate.
Texas Rail Advocates
http://www.texasrailadvocates.org/pg_joinus.asp
Also seem to promote High-Speed Rail. Membership starts at 15$/year.
Of course there are more passenger rail groups, supporting proposals for 110mph or 90mph service in their respective regions, still looking for possible 126+mph being built, it currently might seem like California, the Midwest, Texas or the Northeast could be places where something like that would happen.
In case there are other high-speed rail advocacy organizations, it would be appreciated to also mention them here.
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