WNED-AM 970 NEWS
(2010-06-16)
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Slaughter: train travel needs to "move into this century."
That was in 1987.
The Obama administration has ignited more discussion on high-speed rail by making the issue a centerpiece of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Upstate New York won a chunk of that money with Congresswoman Slaughter helping to secure $151 million.
On Monday, two state agencies hosted a rail summit in Albany to figure out how to get high speed rail online.
Slaughter set the tone for the conference saying it's time "to move into this century."
Plans call for a new rail construction between Albany and Buffalo which would not be shared with freight trains, unlike the current Empire Corridor employed by Amtrak.
The new train is expected to travel at 150 miles per hour and would cover the Upstate span in less than 4 hours.
Click the play button above to hear more from reporter Zach Seward who covered the Albany conference.
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