America 2050 Prospectus Visit America 2050, to download this report, which is one of several calling for increased national funding for transportation. Other interesting information on their site includes information on the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion, which will be served by the Southeast High Speed Rail Project.

The Summit: High Speed Rail for the East Coast (555k PDF) Summary of October 22, 2007 Event.

Macon-Charlotte Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor Study(1,971k PDF), June 2004
Executive Summary (987k PDF), Briefing (221k PDF)

Transportation Planning for Richmond-Charlotte Railroad Corridor, Volume 1, Executive Summary and Main Report, (5.6MB), Volume II, Appendixes, (12.4MB PDF) January 2004

Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor - A Time to Act, (1302k PDF) October 2003 update

Record of Decision for the Tier I Southeast High Speed Rail Project, (538kPDF) October 2002

Draft Implementation Plan, (60K PDF) October 2002

Tier I Final Environmental Impact Statement, Executive Summary and Chapter 1, (433k PDF) June 2002

Recommendation Report, (1.3MB PDF) March 2002 - summary of theTier I EIS study recommendations. More details will be available in the FInal Environmental Impact Statement.

Executive Summary - Draft Tier I Environmental Impact Statement, (3.8MB PDF) July 2001

SEHSR: A Time to Act, June 1999 - high speed rail's role in meeting current and future mobility needs.

Potential Improvements to the Washington-Richmond Railroad Corridor, May 1999 - summarizes infrastructure improvements required to accommodate high speed, commuter and freight services

SEHSR Status Report, April 1999 - summarizes preliminary feasibility studies of the SEHSR project.

Washington to Richmond Passenger Rail Study - summarizes findings of rail freight and passenger demands; includes assessment of existing conditions, capacity and needed improvements.

FRA High Speed Ground Transportation for America Report, September 1997 - examines commercial feasibility of high speed ground transportation and the potential for various high speed ground transportation technologies; summarizes each of the originally-designated high speed rail corridors.