April 30, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, April 29,2 012) CORCORAN, Calif. — This Kings County farming town has come to rely on Amtrak California’s San Joaquin line — six northbound and six southbound passenger trains stop daily. For Amtrak, Corcoran may be little more than a...
April 30, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Hill, April 26, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is calling for the panel of lawmakers tapped to negotiate an agreement on a new federal transportation bill to remove a provision dealing with high-speed rail from the Senate’s...
April 25, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Merced Sun-Star, April 25, 2012) MERCED, Calif. — We know what makes cities and regions successful and what makes them decline. The record shows that the following are requirements: stable government, active trade between regions, connectivity between urban...
April 24, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, April 23, 2012) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Obama administration is putting out a $551 million request for bids for 130 new U.S.-made double-deck passenger railcars to serve Amtrak routes in Michigan and other states. Full story: Battle Creek...
April 24, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2012) LOS ANGELES — The state rail authority has grossly underestimated future operating costs of California’s proposed bullet train, meaning taxpayers potentially will have to provide billions of dollars annually once the...
April 23, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Full story: Fresno Bee, April 20, 2012) FRESNO, Calif. — A 32-chapter report intended to be the final word on the effects of high-speed trains between Merced and Fresno was released Friday by the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Full story: Fresno...
April 23, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, April 20, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail car manufacturers across the country will have an opportunity to submit bids to produce the first American-made, standardized passenger rail cars, U.S. Transportation...
April 19, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Sacramento Bee, April 19, 2012) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Dan Richard defended his $68 billion program Wednesday by noting that major transportation projects often face the financial uncertainty for which the rail...
April 18, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2012) LOS ANGELES — The plan to build a bullet train has so many funding uncertainties and so many other details that remain unclear that the state should delay any decision this year to commit billions of dollars to the project,...
April 16, 2012 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Orlando Sentinel, April 15, 2012) ORLANDO, Fla. — With locomotives on order and tons of new track delivered, SunRail is now trying to figure who might ride the $1.2 billion commuter train. Full story: Orlando Sentinel
