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terms of improved speed, reduced fuel con-
ciency) is a model of the sort of public-
private cooperation needed. It brings to-
regional commuter rail authority along with
the local, state and federal governments in
Chicago, where six of the seven major United
States railroads converge. The partners are
committed to spending more than $2.5 bil-
lion on some 78 local infrastructure projects,
than $200 million their estimated direct
benefits from the improvements.
corridor, completed in 2002, links the adja-
cent ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles
world) with the transcontinental rail yards 20
thority running the corridor, which is gov-
erned by the two cities and the port managers
in cooperation with the railroads using the
ports, continues to build rail and truck-rail