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Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering

Cars That Think

Her assignment was to map out an expansion of Year Up from Boston to either Washington, D.C., Until the 1960s, federal government policies explicitly prohibited Black people from buying homes in white neighborhoods and simultaneously decimated the value of Black neighborhoods. or New York City.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

Green Car Congress

As examples from other countries, China runs trains on its 114 km Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Rail line at a top speed of 217 mph (350 km/h) and is buying 100 350 km/h trains for the upcoming Beijing-Shanghai corridor. Northern New England Corridor (Boston, Montreal, Portland, Springfield, New Haven, Albany). Earlier post.)

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