This report outlines recent actions and initiatives taken by Amtrak and others since the release of two major planning efforts in 2010, The Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Master Plan and A Vision for High-Speed Rail in the Northeast Corridor. Specifically, the two programs have been integrated into a single coherent service and investment program, called the NEC Capital Investment Program, which would advance critically needed near-term Maser Plan projects benefitting the existing NEC while developing a dedicated, next-generation NEC high-speed rail system through incremental "Stair-Step" phasing improvements to current Acela Express high-speed service.
-Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman
