May 19, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared at www.thehill.com on May 18, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told attendees at a global tourism summit being hosted in Las Vegas that the Obama administration’s high-speed rail initiative was still on track...
May 17, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on May 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama gave a strong push to a transportation infrastructure 2009 stimulus program to repair roads, re-engineer the rail system and “maintain a world-class...
May 12, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on May 11, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Department of Transportation payouts to states for infrastructure projects from the 2009 stimulus law reached $27.8 billion as of April 29, with $655 million of that coming...
May 11, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 10, 2011.) Yesterday’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) of which applicants won a share of $2 billion in redistributed high-speed rail funds drew praise in some rail...
May 3, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 2, 2011.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expressed confidence Monday that the promise of jobs will help ensure passage of a funding measure this year for this aging chunk of the...
April 28, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on April 27, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will receive a $100 million grant to purchase...
March 15, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on March 14, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation’s last big rail grant agreement helped push its total of obligated funds from the 2009 economic stimulus package over $44.7...
February 22, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 18, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is giving Florida lawmakers one week to see if they can salvage a high-speed rail project that Gov. Rick Scott vowed to kill, or he...
February 17, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Plenty of other states will want the passenger rail money that Florida’s governor rejected, said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, while the canceled...
February 17, 2011 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on February 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today made the following statement regarding Florida Governor Rick Scott’s decision to decline high-speed rail dollars. U.S....
