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Once again, Georgia misses out on high-speed rail funding
(The following appeared on the Miami Herald website on May 27, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chalk it up to mixed signals or funding roadblocks, but for a multitude of reasons Georgia's high-speed rail plans just keep getting derailed. Georgia was snubbed by the Obama...
Opinion: GOP rejects high-speed rail, voters reject GOP
(The following column appeared on the Gas 2.0 website on May 27, 2011.) How are the GOP governors who rejected high-speed rail projects doing? Buyer’s remorse has set in spectacularly swiftly – from Wisconsin to Florida, their approval ratings have a trajectory like...
Editorial: Accelerating Amtrak
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak, the quasi-government-run passenger-rail system, was born on May 1, 1971. Since then, ridership on the Northeast Corridor has about doubled. And it could double again, in our humble opinion, once the plan to provide 220-mile-an-hour train...
No high-speed rail creates gridlock challenge for Florida
(The following appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on May 31, 2011.) TAMPA, Fla. — When Gov. Rick Scott rejected $2.4 billion in federal funds to build the Tampa-Orlando high-speed rail leg in February, he told the U.S. Transportation secretary other projects were...
California’s high-speed rail draws Spaniards’ attention
(The following appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on May 31, 2011.) SAN FRANCISCO — Despite the hammering California's high-speed rail project has taken lately, outside players appear to be as interested in it as ever. Spanish trade officials and...
Development follows New England high-speed rail
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 28, 2011.) WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — Surrounded by broken asphalt and sprouting weeds, the boarded-up, 150-year-old train station is still a thing of beauty to Steven N. Wawruck Jr. For more than three years, Windsor...
One Teamster member dead following Joplin tornado; 40 once-missing members accounted for
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on May 27, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five days after an F5 tornado destroyed the town of Joplin, Missouri, 40 once-missing members from Local 823 in Joplin have been accounted for. The news is a ray of...
BLET National Division office closed on Memorial Day
CLEVELAND, May 27 — In observance of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, the BLET National Division headquarters will be closed on Monday, May 30. Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, May 31. BLET National President Dennis Pierce thanked all veterans for their...
BNSF track near Laurel closed for flood repair
(The following appeared on the Billings Gazette website on May 27, 2011.) BILLINGS, Mont. — All Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Montana Rail Link tracks across Montana will be operating by early Thursday evening after flood damage near Laurel and Livingston was...
SEPTA board approves operating budget
(The following appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 27, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA ‚ The SEPTA board approved a new operating budget Thursday that will require no fare increases or service cuts. With none of the contentious debate that has accompanied some...
