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Photograph of empty train station with title Clean During Covid

Is It Safe to Travel by Train during the Pandemic?

November 23, 2020

Keeping Rail Passengers Safe During the COVID Pandemic On May 7, the city that never sleeps went quiet for the night. For the first time since 1904, the New York City subway system indefinitely shutdown overnight to begin deep cleaning cars to get rid of any potential traces of COVID-19. To underscore the severity of … Continued

Photograph of a high speed train in China with title reading HSR Infrastructure

Economic Benefit to Investment in High Speed Rail

November 16, 2020

China Proves the Economic Benefits to Investing in High Speed Rail In the 1950s, Americans and Europeans were paving asphalt and looking to the air for the next major leaps in transportation. With the personal freedom of cars and the speed of airplanes, the ships and trains of the past looked slow and outdated. However, … Continued

Stylized photograph of roadway bridge with the title Covid and the Future

Moving Beyond 2020 by Looking to Our Past

October 29, 2020

What we can learn about the future of the United States by looking to the past With the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping across the world in such a short time this spring, the unemployment rate set records for several months straight. As such, many are wondering what the world and job market will look like in … Continued

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Northeast Maglev adds Kris Frederes, Joseph Rosenthal

March 17, 2020

Northeast Maglev is excited to welcome two new additions to our project management team, Project Manager Kris Frederes and Assistant Project Manager Joseph Rosenthal. Project Manager Kris Frederes will play a key role in developing the project implementation and construction plan for Northeast Maglev’s efforts to bring a high-speed rail solution in the Northeast Corridor … Continued

Black and white photograph of an old steam engine in 1902 with the words I think I can, labeled books about trains

Northeast Maglev Celebrates National Read Across America Day

March 2, 2020

(Updated March 2, 2023 - We've updated the list with some new finds!) This month kicks off with National Read Across America Day on March 2nd! The National Education Association (NEA) launched the Read Across America initiative in 1997 to encourage children to read more books and get kids excited about reading. The first Read … Continued

Photo of Cherry Blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC

A Friendship Among Nations: U.S.-Japan Relations

April 19, 2019

The United States and Japan are the closest of allies. The two nations share a strong bond of friendship forged through decades of postwar cooperation. For over seventy years, the United States and Japan have maintained mutually beneficial interests in the realms of politics, national security, science, commerce, and economics.

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