As the Illinois High-Speed Railway Commission studies options for fast new service between Chicago and St. Louis, and as Springfield prepares to address challenges for Metra and other transit agencies, what can we learn from the Japanese experience? Register for a luncheon with keynote speaker Naohisa Kitada, the General Manager of the Central Japan Railway Company's office in Washington, DC. Japan led the world in 1964 by introducing a transformational technology: its Shinkansen bullet trains. In six decades since then, Japan's high-speed rail network has carried more than six billion passengers, with an unparalleled record for safety and efficiency. With technology like the Shinkansen, a high-speed rail hub in Chicago could connect more than 40 million people throughout the Midwest, within hours. Chicago Union Station would also serve as the center of a nationwide network of high-speed trains.
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