{"id":1161,"date":"2011-01-07T16:11:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T21:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2011-01-21T17:56:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T22:56:58","slug":"profiles-from-the-recession-video-fixing-america-with-high-speed-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/profiles-from-the-recession-video-fixing-america-with-high-speed-rail\/1161\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] Fixing America with High-speed rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/need-to-know\/tag\/transportation-desk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/need-to-know\/files\/2010\/10\/Transportation-Desk-Badge.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLast month, Blueprint America&#8217;s colleagues at Need to Know debuted a new segment on the program: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/need-to-know\/video\/first-look-how-to-fix-america\/5846\/\">Fixing America<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>This week, their big thinkers take on infrastructure and the economy &#8212; can High-speed rail get America back on the right track? 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