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German political reunification in the early 1990s also inspired plans to reunify the country’s infrastructure, including passenger-train service. Successful new high-speed services have resulted from this process, but there were lessons learned along the way.
Planning for new American trains can benefit from this experience. New trains can play an important role in unifying communities in the United States that have not enjoyed good train service or which are affected by other disparities, such as income inequality. We’ll hear from two experts on the German experience.
German political reunification in the early 1990s also inspired plans to reunify the country’s infrastructure, including passenger-train service. Successful new high-speed services have resulted from this process, but there were lessons learned along the way.
Planning for new American trains can benefit from this experience. New trains can play an important role in unifying communities in the United States that have not enjoyed good train service or which are affected by other disparities, such as income inequality. We’ll hear from two experts on the German experience.
