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Doubts cast on cost estimates for alternatives to California high-speed rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 17, 2012) LOS ANGELES — As the price tag for California's bullet train has soared to nearly $100 billion, a central argument for forging ahead with the controversial project is an even loftier figure: the $171 billion that promoters...
Schumer pushing for completion of western N.Y. high-speed project
(Source: Associated Press, January 17, 2012) BERGEN, N.Y. — Sen. Charles Schumer plans to be in western New York to call on federal, state and private transportation entities to complete a plan for constructing a high-speed rail line linking Albany and Buffalo. Full...
Welcome back, Congress: A 2012 transportation to-do list
(Source: Politico, January 17, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House returns today to a ticking clock on FAA policy, transit advocates clamoring for equality between transit and parking pre-tax benefits and the task of introducing a long-term surface transportation bill...
Shots fired at BNSF train in Kelso, Wash.; No injuries
(Source: The Daily News, January 16, 2012) KELSO, Wash. — A man with a rifle shot at a moving Burlington Northern Santa Fe train in Kelso on Sunday night, police said. Kelso police Sgt. Damon Blain said it was unclear whether the train was hit. No one was injured. An...
Asia-Europe rail operators expect shipping boom
(Source: Journal of Commerce, January 12, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail services linking Asia and Europe are set to boom as shippers take advantage of an operation that is faster than ocean shipping and cheaper than air delivery, rail operators say. Full story:...
Spain’s high-speed rail system offers lessons for California
(Source: Fresno Bee, January 16, 2012) FRESNO, Calif. — According to the Fresno Bee, there are lessons that California can learn from Spain's 20-year history with high-speed trains. Top among them is how hard it is to be self-sufficient, even when conditions seem...
CN and Pershing Square clash over retired executive Hunter Harrison
(Source: Calgary Herald, January 13, 2012) CALGARY — Canadian National has stoked the increasingly public battle over whether its former CEO will be installed as the head of rival Canadian Pacific, warning Friday that Hunter Harrison may be in breach of non-compete...
Sides entrench in battle over future of Canadian Pacific
(Source: Globe and Mail, January 16, 2012) TORONTO — Bill Ackman was just fastening in when his pilot shouted someone was blocking his private jet. Standing on the tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport was the man with whom he had just met. John...
The story behind the all-out war to control CP Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, January 14, 2012) TORONTO — There comes a moment in every corporate battle when the first cannon is fired. In the unfolding power struggle at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., that moment came at 7:22 a.m. on Jan. 4, when the send button was...
Right to work fight may hit Michigan
(Source: Detroit News, January 16, 2012) DETROIT — Supporters and opponents of making Michigan a right-to-work state are closely watching Indiana's lawmakers debate the issue and gearing up for a possible battle in Lansing this year. Full story: Detroit News
