Sponsored by APWA’s International Affairs Committee China has the world’s longest high speed rail network with 6,200 miles (10,000km). It is expected to reach 16,000 miles (more than the rest of the world combined) by the end of 2015, connecting 42 cities, at a cost of $750 billion. Compare China’s project with California’s HSR planning. 

Learning Objectives:

1.     Discover how a fast and reliable public transportation system is developed.

2.     Identify how HSR development creates short-term job growth and long-term economic efficiency and growth.

3.     Examine how environmental protection and sustainable energy management can be incorporated into a HSR network.

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Susan Pan, PE
Manager of Engineering,  PWA, County of Ventura, CA,  Moorpark,  CA

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