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Mark Reutter

PPI Fellow Mark Reutter is the former editor of Railroad History and author of Making Steel: Sparrows Point and the Rise and Ruin of American Industrial Might (2005, rev. ed.).

Written Articles

Why High-Speed Rail Could Still Get Built in Florida
blog

Why High-Speed Rail Could Still Get Built in Florida

03.16.2011
Gov. Scott Stages a Trainwreck in Florida
blog

Gov. Scott Stages a Trainwreck in Florida

03.03.2011
Gov. Scott’s Plan for Florida: Let Them Eat Highways
blog

Gov. Scott’s Plan for Florida: Let Them Eat Highways

02.17.2011
Budgeting for a Fast Train Future
blog

Budgeting for a Fast Train Future

02.14.2011
Obama Raises his Bet on High-Speed Rail
blog

Obama Raises his Bet on High-Speed Rail

02.09.2011
State of the Union on High-Speed Rail: How to Pay for Fast Trains
blog

State of the Union on High-Speed Rail: How to Pay for Fast Trains

01.27.2011
The Washington Post Gets its Signals Wrong on High-Speed Rail
blog

The Washington Post Gets its Signals Wrong on High-Speed Rail

01.14.2011
Obama Doubles Down on High-Speed Rail Investments in California and Florida
blog

Obama Doubles Down on High-Speed Rail Investments in California and Florida

12.10.2010
British Deal Shows Private Investment Demand for High-Speed Rail
blog

British Deal Shows Private Investment Demand for High-Speed Rail

12.01.2010
How Two Republican Governors Are Giving High-Speed Rail an Unintentional Boost
blog

How Two Republican Governors Are Giving High-Speed Rail an Unintentional Boost

11.23.2010
The Strange Logic of Samuelson’s High-Speed Rail Critique
blog

The Strange Logic of Samuelson’s High-Speed Rail Critique

11.02.2010
High-Speed Rail Funding Back on Track
blog

High-Speed Rail Funding Back on Track

10.29.2010
Chris Christie’s Tunnel Caper (Cont’d)
blog

Chris Christie’s Tunnel Caper (Cont’d)

10.27.2010
A Tale of Two Tunnels
blog

A Tale of Two Tunnels

10.21.2010
Will This Call For High-Speed Rail Spending Be Ignored?
blog

Will This Call For High-Speed Rail Spending Be Ignored?

10.07.2010
A Smart Way to Finance High-Speed Rail: Restructuring the Highway Trust Fund into a results-driven transportation fund
publication

A Smart Way to Finance High-Speed Rail: Restructuring the Highway Trust Fund into a results-driven transportation fund

09.28.2010
Freight Railroads Throw a Switch on Obama’s Rail Plans
blog

Freight Railroads Throw a Switch on Obama’s Rail Plans

09.23.2010
Schwarzenegger Takes the Asian Express
blog

Schwarzenegger Takes the Asian Express

09.16.2010
China’s Switch from Importer to Exporter of Fast Trains Holds Lessons for U.S.
blog

China’s Switch from Importer to Exporter of Fast Trains Holds Lessons for U.S.

07.16.2010
Learning from Eurostar, Where London Meets Paris
blog

Learning from Eurostar, Where London Meets Paris

06.28.2010
Report: High-Speed Rail Will Accelerate Economic Growth in Surveyed Cities
blog

Report: High-Speed Rail Will Accelerate Economic Growth in Surveyed Cities

06.15.2010
Is 100% American Content the Best Route for High-Speed Rail?
blog

Is 100% American Content the Best Route for High-Speed Rail?

06.14.2010
Africa’s First High-Speed Railway Opens for World Cup
blog

Africa’s First High-Speed Railway Opens for World Cup

06.08.2010
High-Speed Rail May Stall Without More Push from the White House
blog

High-Speed Rail May Stall Without More Push from the White House

05.10.2010
Florida Seeks More Speed on Its Tampa-Orlando Rail Line
blog

Florida Seeks More Speed on Its Tampa-Orlando Rail Line

05.06.2010
Obama Rail Chief Feels No Need for Speed
blog

Obama Rail Chief Feels No Need for Speed

05.04.2010
One Winner in the Aviation Crisis: Europe’s Railways
blog

One Winner in the Aviation Crisis: Europe’s Railways

04.20.2010
High-Speed Rail Agency Limits Public Comment Period
blog

High-Speed Rail Agency Limits Public Comment Period

04.15.2010
China’s Great Leap Forward on High-Speed Rail
blog

China’s Great Leap Forward on High-Speed Rail

04.09.2010
How America Led, and Lost, the High-Speed Rail Race
blog

How America Led, and Lost, the High-Speed Rail Race

03.31.2010
The Right Track: Improving President Obama’s High-Speed Rail Program
publication

The Right Track: Improving President Obama’s High-Speed Rail Program

02.17.2010
Missing from the Budget: High-Speed Rail
blog

Missing from the Budget: High-Speed Rail

02.03.2010
The Administration’s Missed Opportunity on High-Speed Rail
blog

The Administration’s Missed Opportunity on High-Speed Rail

01.29.2010
Putting High-speed Rail on the Right Track
press

Putting High-speed Rail on the Right Track

01.27.2010
Fast Track to the Future: A High-Speed Rail Agenda for America
publication

Fast Track to the Future: A High-Speed Rail Agenda for America

01.25.2010