October 17, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The New Yorker, October 22, 2012) NEW YORK — A recent article in the New Yorker describes how a major disaster exposed the underbelly of China’s recent high-speed rail boom, explaining how the country relied heavily on pre-existing German designs and...
October 16, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, October 16, 2012) AUSTIN — Texas transportation officials have begun a study into whether high-speed rail from Oklahoma City to San Antonio could relieve traffic congestion on Interstate 35. Full story: Dallas Morning...
October 12, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, October 10, 2012) NORMAL, Ill. — State officials are gearing up for an inaugural run this month on the new high-speed rail tracks from Joliet to Normal. Gov. Pat Quinn said during a Tuesday media briefing that U.S. Transportation...
October 8, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, October 7, 2012) SHREVEPORT, La. — A passenger train between Shreveport-Bossier City and Dallas-Fort Worth would be great for quality of life and for the economy, says Bossier City Mayor Lorenz Walker. Full story: Lubbock...
September 27, 2012 | High Speed Rail, News
CLEVELAND, September 27 — In a letter to Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation, Teamsters Rail Conference President Dennis R. Pierce voiced strong support for the DesertXpress high-speed rail project between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. “If properly funded, the...
September 27, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, September 26, 2012) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento judge will consider a motion for a preliminary injunction that could derail California’s high-speed rail project in the central San Joaquin Valley. Judge Timothy Frawley ordered Friday...
September 26, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Baltimore Sun, September 24, 2012) BALTIMORE, Md. — Sometime after 8 p.m. Thursday, an Acela Express will come roaring out of the north from Delaware toward Perryville at 165 miles per hour, matching the fastest speed ever attained on a U.S. rail line. Full...
September 25, 2012 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 19, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded more than $74.8 million to the Commonwealth of Virginia to continue development of the Southeast High-Speed Rail...
September 20, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg News, September 19, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. taxpayers have spent $1.5 billion to allow Union Pacific Corp.’s tracks between Chicago and St. Louis to carry faster passenger trains, one of the biggest projects in President Barack Obama’s...
September 20, 2012 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, September 20, 2012) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The initial segment of California’s ambitious $68 billion high speed rail project won the approval of the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration on Wednesday, clearing the way for construction to begin in...
