America 2050

The fast-growing Front Range region of the American West encompasses cities along the I-25 corridor in Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Poised to grow 50 percent by the year 2035, local transportation advocates and business leaders in these region are exploring high-speed rail as a sustainable transportation and economic development initiative. In September 2006 a $1.2 million feasibility study for high-speed rail was commissioned, exploring the feasibility of high speed rail service along the I-25 corridor and the I-70 corridor, from Utah to Denver International Airport.

A recent op-ed in The Denver Post argues in favor of these investments.

Click here for a link to the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority.

Image © Laura Sejud

The Orlando Sentinel published a special report today on the rapid rate of development along the I-4 corridor between Orlando and Tampa. The article positions the development in this corridor as part of the emergence of the Florida megareigon. It includes an online multimedia component featuring interviews with a long-time resident and local farmer, newcomers to the area, and America 2050 project director, Petra Todorovich.

Read the article.