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Public hearings start this week (Tuesday in Norlina, July 26 in Raleigh) for a proposed new rail shortcut between Raleigh and Richmond that would take trains as fast as 110 mph and arrive there almost two hours sooner than they do now.
The first big question is how to get the trains out of Raleigh (see Sunday's story, "Fast train route could detour Raleigh's scene" with readers' comments). Read the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor environmental impact statement and offer your ideas online at sehsr.org.
Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter, editor and blogger since 1976, he took over the