May 21, 2024 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Smart Cities Dive, May 17, 2024) An air of optimism prevailed at this year’s U.S. High Speed Rail conference, held May 14-15 in Washington, D.C. With the Las Vegas to Southern California line starting construction, the California project continuing to...
April 29, 2024 | High Speed Rail, News
On April 22, Brightline West officially broke ground on its Las Vegas to Southern California high-speed rail system. The 218-mile route will be constructed within the median of the I-15 highway with zero grade crossings, and is based on Brightline’s business model of...
March 30, 2024 | High Speed Rail, News
Olive Dennis (1885-1957) was an American engineer whose design innovations changed the nature of railroad travel. In 1920, she became only the second woman to obtain a Civil Engineer degree from Cornell University. She was hired by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to...
January 25, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, High Speed Rail, News
Amtrak is one step closer to bringing its new Avelia Liberty trains to the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak said on January 12 that the new trains had passed an extended series of computer modeling tests and have now been cleared by the Federal Railroad Administration to...
January 24, 2024 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, January 23, 2024) The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced the approval of $2.5 billion in private activity bonds authority allocated for the Brightline West High-Speed Intercity Passenger...
January 22, 2024 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: California High-Speed Rail Authority press release, January 18, 2024) New data released today by the California High-Speed Rail Authority shows investments in this first-in-the-nation project are continuing to provide billions in economic benefit to the...
December 28, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times opinion column by George Skelton, December 25, 2023) But let’s get real: This project is going to be constructed one way or another, whether at reasonable speed or in pokey chug-chug fashion. It’s time we acknowledge that and focus on making...
December 28, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Robots.net, December 23, 2023) The closure of Hyperloop One signifies a shift in focus towards high-speed rail initiatives, reflecting a growing momentum in the advancement of public transportation infrastructure. Full story: Robots.net
December 7, 2023 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, December 5, 2023) U.S. senators from California and Nevada said the federal government will give $3 billion for a planned privately-owned route between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area plus another $3.1 billion for an initial segment of...
November 24, 2023 | High Speed Rail, News
Artist’s rendering of a California high-speed train. Image: courtesy of California High-Speed Rail Authority ____________________ The California High-Speed Rail Authority and 13 rail labor unions, including BLET, announced on November 17 that they have entered...