February 6, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, February 3, 2012) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Fourteen construction companies are on the short list of firms poised to bid for contracts to begin building California’s high-speed rail system in the Fresno area later this year. The list was revealed...
February 6, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Tampa Tribune, February 6, 2012) TAMPA, Fla. — The high-speed rail project that Gov. Rick Scott doomed last February by turning down more than $2 billion in federal money would have made an annual surplus of $31 million to $45 million within a decade of...
February 6, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Capitol Journal, February 5, 2012) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s proposed bullet train is being recalibrated. And designers may finally be on the right track. Sensitive to growing public and political opposition, high-speed rail officials seem...
February 6, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Orange County Register, February 5, 2012) SANTA ANA, Calif. — The proposed California High-Speed Rail would require a lot of land, meaning thousands of California families and businesses will have to move if the project is ever built. Full story: Orange...
February 3, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Hill, February 2, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A California Republican lawmaker is planning to introduce an amendment to the $260 billion surface transportation bill being considered by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Thursday to block...
February 1, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times opinion column, February 1, 2012) LOS ANGELES — If and when California’s high-speed train is built, how fast would it have to go, and how much cheaper would a ticket have to cost, for you to give up flying? Full story: Los Angeles...
January 31, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: New York Times, January 26, 2012) NEW YORK — On January 26, the New York Times published a series of essays debating the pros and cons of high-speed rail in America. Full story: New York Times
January 31, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Erie Times-News, January 31, 2012) ERIE, Pa. — A booming freight business is keeping employees at GE Transportation busy. But the company stands ready to compete in the development of high-speed and so-called higher-speed rail, an intermediate step that could...
January 30, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Sacramento Bee, January 29, 2012) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s high-speed rail project will cost far less than the state’s current estimate of nearly $100 billion and environmental fees paid by carbon producers will be a source of...
January 25, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2012) LOS ANGELES — California’s $98.5-billion bullet train project has become “increasingly risky” because of uncertainty about where the money will come from to finish even the first phase, the state auditor...
