Illinois Eyes Economic Growth with High-Speed Rail Study

In a plan to help boost Illinois' global economy, the state will launch a 1.2-million-U.S.-dollar study to determine the cost of building a 220 mph (354 km per hour) high-speed rail system, hoping to follow in the footsteps of leaders like France and...


"Governor Quinn's visionary leadership is the reason Illinois leads the Midwest in this vital technology, which will transform our lives, sustain our cities and small towns and help wean us off foreign oil," Harnish said.

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