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InterBering, LLC
 BERING STRAIT TUNNEL &  RAILROAD
CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT CORPORATION

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Connecting people and continents.

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America - Asia - Europe
 International Railroad

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A Superhighway Across the Bering Strait   by Adrian Shirk , The Atlantic, July 1, 2015

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Moving Canadian products to China - by railway  by Ger. Pilger, April 17, 2015

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By Ed Peters, South China Morning Post, Oct. 4, 2020. 

A VISION FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL
IN AMERICA

"We have to build a new foundation for our future growth. Today, our aging system of highways and byways, air routes and rail lines is hindering that growth. Our highways are clogged with traffic, costing us $80 billion a year in lost productivity and wasted fuel. Our airports are choked with increased loads. We're at the mercy of fluctuating gas prices all too often; we pump too many greenhouse gases into the air.

What we need, then, is a smart transportation system equal to the needs of the 21st century. A system that reduces travel times and increases mobility. A system that reduces congestion and boosts productivity. A system that reduces destructive emissions and creates jobs.

What we're talking about is a vision for high-speed rail in America . Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city. No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation, and ending up just blocks from your destination. Imagine what a great project that would be to rebuild America.

Now, all of you know this is not some fanciful, pie-in-the-sky vision of the future. It is now. It is happening right now. It's been happening for decades. The problem is it's been happening elsewhere, not here.

In France, high-speed rail has pulled regions from isolation, ignited growth, remade quiet towns into thriving tourist destinations.  In Spain, a high-speed line between Madrid and Seville is so successful that more people travel between those cities by rail than by car and airplane combined.  China, where service began just two years ago (in 2007, the speech was made in 2009 - InterBering), may have more miles of high-speed rail service than any other country just five years from now.  And Japan, the nation that unveiled the first high-speed rail system, is already at work building the next: a line that will connect Tokyo with Osaka at speeds of over 300 miles per hour. So it's being done; it's just not being done here.

There's no reason why we can't do this. This is America. There's no reason why the future of travel should lie somewhere else beyond our borders. Building a new system of high-speed rail in America will be faster, cheaper and easier than building more freeways or adding to an already overburdened aviation system -- and everybody stands to benefit.

And that's why today, with the help of Secretary LaHood and Vice President Biden, America's number one rail fan, I'm announcing my administration's efforts to transform travel in America with an historic investment in high-speed rail.

And our strategy has two parts: improving our existing rail lines to make current train service faster, but also identifying potential corridors for the creation of world-class high-speed rail. To make this happen, we've already dedicated $8 billion of Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to this initiative, and I've requested another $5 billion over the next five years.

Now, this plan is realistic. And the first round of funding will focus on projects that can create jobs and benefits in the near term. The next step is investing in high-speed rail that unleashes the economic potential of all our regions by shrinking distances within our regions. There are at least 10 major corridors in the United States of 100 to 600 miles in length with the potential for successful high-speed rail systems."

EXCERPT from REMARKS by the 44th PRESIDENT of UNITED STATES of AMERICA BARACK OBAMA 
on STRATEGIC PLAN for HIGH-SPEED RAIL in AMERICA.
The White House, April 16, 2009

Source:
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2009/04/16/a-vision-high-speed-rail

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