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- Title
Getting Off Track: the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project in an International Context.
- Authors
English, Jonathan
- Abstract
The Northeast Corridor Improvement Project aimed to upgrade the most important passenger route in the country so that it could support high-speed trains. By the early 1970s, North America's rail network had been in decline for decades. However, the energy crisis and strong congressional support prompted a policy of reinvestment. Execution of the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project was plagued with problems owing to both lack of experience delivering major rail projects and a counter-productive, complex administrative structure resulting from conflicts between Congress and the White House. The project's original scope, which was necessary to achieve high-speed operations, was reduced over time as budgetary limits were exceeded. Compared to the coeval Paris–Lyon high-speed rail project, Northeast Corridor Improvement Project history demonstrates the importance of continuous infrastructure investment to maintain the expertise necessary to effectively deliver major capital projects.
- Subjects
LYON (France); EXPERTISE; HIGH speed trains; UNITED States. Executive Office of the President; ENERGY shortages; AMTRAK (Company); INFRASTRUCTURE funds; REINVESTMENT
- Publication
Journal of Transport History, 2022, Vol 43, Issue 1, p107
- ISSN
0022-5266
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00225266221083450