August 15, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 15, 2012) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak and City of Philadelphia officials envision a new high-speed rail station on Market Street east of City Hall, linked by a 10-mile tunnel to Philadelphia International Airport, where a second new...
August 15, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, August 14, 2012) FRESNO, Calif. — About 500 small-business representatives from throughout the San Joaquin Valley and California met with potential prime contractors Tuesday in Fresno in hopes of finding work building California’s high-speed...
August 10, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Indianapolis Star, August 10, 2012) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A northeast Indiana group that supports a high-speed rail connection between Fort Wayne and Chicago says it has raised money for a feasibility study. Full story: Indianapolis Star
August 9, 2012 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: NorthJersey.com, August 8, 2012) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit and Amtrak officials agree the Northeast Corridor line that carries their commuter and high-speed trains along the East Coast needs repairs, particularly the signals and power system, but there won’t...
August 9, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 2012) PHILADELPHIA — What does the nation’s busiest rail corridor need to make train service faster, more frequent, and more dependable? Federal planners will be in Philadelphia this month as part of a nine-city visit to...
August 6, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, August 2, 2012) FRESNO, Calif. — It’s still not determined when shovels will start digging, but some of the first real construction on California’s proposed high-speed train project could be done by the state’s highway...
July 27, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, July 27, 2012) SAN FRANCISCO — California may be struggling to make ends meet, but Governor Jerry Brown is still thinking big. The 74-year-old governor is championing major public works projects, including a statewide bullet train network and giant...
July 27, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Washington Post, July 25, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the political and business leaders applauding a new vision for Union Station, now comes the hard part. Now that the vision is public, stakeholders have begun to discuss the difficult task of turning the...
July 19, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: San Francisco Examiner opinion column by Steve Falk, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, July 19, 2012) SAN FRANCISCO — Earlier this month, the state Legislature passed Senate Bill 1029, authorizing the issuance of $2.7 billion in state bonds to...
July 19, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: CNN, July 18, 2012) LOS ANGELES — California is poised to become home to the nation’s first truly high-speed rail system with Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing Wednesday of a law authorizing the first leg of construction for a line that will eventually connect...
