July 15, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Streetsblog San Francisco, July 14, 2020) SAN FRANCISCO — Workers are toiling away in the Central Valley on over 100 miles of bridges, viaducts, and creating right of way. Legally mandated environmental design reports are being released, laying out the...
July 14, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Cal Matters opinion column by Jim Beall and Scott Weiner, July 14, 2020) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — California’s High-Speed Rail project is under fire again, but history shows us that major infrastructure projects are almost always controversial. Before it was...
July 13, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, July 9, 2020) NEW YORK — The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is releasing its second project-level Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the 49-mile project that would provide service between...
July 9, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: CNN, July 8, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — High-speed rail, long an afterthought in the United States, is making significant progress in the unlikeliest of times. Full story: CNN
July 7, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, Technology
(Source: CNN, July 6, 2020) ATLANTA — Japan’s latest record-breaking bullet train doesn’t only run faster and smoother — it’s also able to transport passengers to safety in the event of an earthquake. Full story:...
July 6, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Victorville Daily Press, July 1, 2020) APPLE VALLEY, Calif. — Another piece of Virgin Trains USA’s high-speed rail line was secured Tuesday when the company entered into a lease agreement with Caltrans to use existing right of way along Interstate 15 for the...
June 18, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2020) LOS ANGELES — We’ve said repeatedly that abandoning high-speed rail would be a tragic mistake for California, for the U.S. and for the planet. But it’s also apparent that the project is at risk of collapsing under the weight...
June 12, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Global Railway Review, June 12, 2020) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has announced that more than 4,000 construction jobs have been created across 119 miles of the high-speed rail project, with more than 73 percent...
June 11, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Forbes, June 11, 2020) NEW YORK — Shouting over the noise of diners at a Mexican restaurant on the floor of a casino, buyout billionaire Wes Edens has come to Las Vegas, one of the cities least friendly to mass transit, to talk about passenger rail. “It’s not...
June 9, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Streetsblog San Francisco, June 8, 2020) SAN FRANCISCO — An alliance of pro-oil, anti-rail Republicans and parochial, Southern California Democrats are ratcheting up efforts to divert some $4.8 billion slated for the electrification of California’s High-Speed...
