April 13, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2012) SAN FRANCISCO — A formal plan to build a California bullet train that would become partially operational in 10 years was approved by the state rail agency Thursday, though the blueprint was amended at the last minute to...
April 12, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2012) LOS ANGELES — The plan to build the California bullet train is almost certain to be approved Thursday by the state’s high-speed rail authority at a board meeting in San Francisco, but the project is facing a less...
April 10, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Houston Chronicle, April 6, 2012) HOUSTON, Texas — Officials in Japan and South Korea told Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee that they are interested in helping Texas build a high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas. Full story: Houston...
April 10, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2012) LOS ANGELES — Rep. Loretta Sanchez, the Orange County Democrat who has strongly backed the Obama administration’s high-speed rail agenda, said Monday that she is “quite disappointed” by the California bullet train authority’s...
April 9, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2012) LOS ANGELES — In a blow to Orange County’s hopes for a boost to business and tourism, the California bullet train project has dropped a link to Anaheim from its current, $68-billion plan. The rail agency confirmed the...
April 9, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, April 2, 2012) LOS ANGELES — California officials on Monday unveiled a major overhaul of a controversial plan to build a high-speed rail system in the state, slashing the cost by some $30 billion, to $68.4 billion, and addressing other criticisms of...
March 29, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, March 28, 2012) CHICAGO — Upgrades are planned on the rail line between Chicago and St. Louis for future high-speed Amtrak trains. Improvements will include installing new rail, upgrading bridges, culverts and drainage and installing new...
March 29, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 29, 2012) LOS ANGELES — California’s bullet train authority and representatives of the Brown administration are exploring ways to relax environmental review procedures on the massive project to help meet a tight construction...
March 27, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Post Bulletin, March 26, 2012) ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nearly $1 billion per year in increased economic activity would result from a proposed Rochester-to-Twin Cities high-speed Zip Rail line, concludes an analysis produced for Rochester Area Economic Development...
March 26, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2012) LAS VEGAS — On a dusty, rock-strewn expanse at the edge of the Mojave Desert, a company linked to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to build a bullet train that would rocket tourists from the middle of nowhere to the...
