Growth and Development

Slow train coming?

By CommonWealth Staff Current Affairs, Growth and Development, Transportation 3 Comments Jan 19, 2017

The idea of a faster train between Boston and New York sounds like no-brainer. Cutting the travel time between two booming East Coast cities to 2 hours and 45 minutes seems like something everyone would get behind. Everyone, that is, except residents and the political leadership of the two states that sit between Massachusetts and(...)

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