A study looking at the potential of a bullet train between Chattanooga and Atlanta includes three route options, as advocates for the idea hope that President-elect Donald Trump’s interest in high-speed rail can put more zip into the effort.
Nearly two decades after the bullet train idea surfaced, the first part of the two-track study is almost ready, The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. The next study phase lacks needed funding to go forward, but supporters note that Trump talked up mass transit and high-speed rail during the campaign.
“So much depends on Washington’s position on what they would or would not want to do,” said Chattanooga resident Joe Ferguson, who for many years shepherded the city’s rapid-rail efforts.
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