January 18, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, January 17, 2013) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak and California will work together to design new high-speed trains to operate on the East and West Coasts, rail officials said Thursday. Amtrak would get its trains first, but California’s...
January 17, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, War on Workers
(Source: Fresno Bee, January 16, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — High-speed rail skeptics gained new traction Wednesday with the promotion of Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, to chairmanship of the House panel that oversees railroads. During the last Congress, notably, Denham...
January 16, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bakersfield Californian, January 15, 2013) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — While one may quibble over details, the time for debating whether to authorize this project is over. We are moving forward. A process is in place to construct a world-class transportation...
January 15, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Oregonian, January 14, 2013) PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s been slightly more than two decades since the U.S. government decided the 466 miles of creaky rail lines running from Eugene northward through Portland and Seattle to Vancouver, British Columbia,...
January 14, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, January 13, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — State leaders will consider giving the go-ahead for the California High-Speed Rail Authority to begin negotiating for property in Fresno and Madera counties needed for high-speed train tracks. At its meeting...
January 11, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 11, 2013) FORT WORTH, Texas — State and regional leaders are at odds over whether a company that wants to build a 200 mph bullet train from Houston to Dallas should be required to conduct an environmental study that also...
January 9, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Sacramento Bee, January 8, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One hundred and fifty years ago, Sacramento launched the transcontinental railroad. Today, city leaders are seeking to become rail pioneers once again. They’re tapping the transit-friendly Obama...
January 8, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Lake County News-Sun, January 7, 2013) GURNEE, Ill. — More travelers are considering trains to travel between cities in the Midwest, spurring new efforts to upgrade to higher-speed travel along Amtrak rails. Ridership of inter-city rail on Amtrak routes in...
January 8, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: News 10, January 8, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ray LaHood isn’t a man willing to concede much ground on the future of high-speed rail in the Golden State. And neither, he said on Monday morning at an event in Sacramento, is President Barack Obama...
January 2, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, January 2, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak will recommend new U.S. rail- safety regulations to allow it to replace its Acela trains in the Northeast U.S. with lighter, faster equipment, Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman said. U.S....
