Designed and operated at the state of engineering and system technology, high-speed rail systems should be expected to perform at the highest, and most efficient levels of railroad and mass transportation development. Once completed and put into service, high-speed rail systems should perform at high levels in every aspect of service, while providing and maintaining safety, efficiency and reliability throughout the system.
Applications of advanced communications, electronic and guidance systems to management of high speed-rail systems and services are proven means of maintaining the most sophisticated and reliable of ground transportation systems and services. If financial and organizational priorities and commitments are maintained, high-speed rail systems will continue to set the standards for transportation system management comparable only to those of monorail systems and technology.
