Sociometric: High Speed Commuter Rail Plans for the U.S.

All aboard!  OT, you can tell when a graphic comes out of the Obama White House.  It has its own brand and I'm pretty sure its dedicated web design staff from the campaign days.
Chicago Tribune

• $1.1 billion to construct tracks, install signals, build stations and buy some locomotives and passenger coaches for 110 mph service between Alton, Ill., near St. Louis, to Dwight, Ill.
• $133 million to build the Englewood flyover bridge near 63rd Street in Chicago. The flyover is intended to reduce delays by separating Metra Rock Island commuter trains from Amtrak and freight trains on one of the most congested rail junctions in the U.S.
• $1.25 million to conduct an environmental impact study on a proposal to build a second set of tracks between Chicago and St. Louis to accommodate 110 mph trains.