April 9, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Valley Public Radio FM89, April 8, 2020) CLOVIS, Calif. — Constructing the high-speed rail can’t be done from home, so to protect employees from COVID-19, workers are operating differently. Full story: www.kvpr.org
April 8, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bryan-College Station Eagle, April 8, 2020) DALLAS — More than two dozen state lawmakers have signed a letter urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to end work related to a high-speed rail project that would pass through the Brazos Valley. Full story:...
March 30, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Morning News, March 28, 2020) DALLAS — The timetable for the highly anticipated bullet train between Dallas and Houston is uncertain after Texas Central — the company building the project — laid off 28 employees Friday because of the coronavirus...
March 27, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: National Public Radio, March 26, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a first for Europe, 20 critically ill coronavirus patients were evacuated aboard a fully medicalized, high-speed train. Full story: www.npr.org
March 27, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: City Metric, March 27, 2020. The following is an extract from “Designing the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a New Scale,” out now from Island Press.) NEW YORK — A regional transportation system does not become balanced until all its parts are...
March 27, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Streetsblog San Francisco, March 25, 2020) SAN FRANCISCO — More than 3,500 people are working on more than 100 miles of high-speed rail right now, as the project’s spine continues to take shape in California’s Central Valley. While state and other office...
March 25, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2020) LOS ANGELES — The last time a California railroad conductor hailed “all aboard for Las Vegas” was more than 20 years ago, after lines such as the Desert Wind, the Crapshooters Express and the Fun Train failed to attract...
March 13, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 12, 2020) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) this week proposed a rule of particular applicability (RPA) to establish safety standards for the Texas Central Railroad’s Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail system. Full...
March 5, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Television station KSNV, March 4, 2020) LAS VEGAS — A high-speed train between Las Vegas and Southern California is one step closer to becoming a reality. Clark County says they have approved permits for Virgin Trains USA to build a station for their train....
March 3, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bakersfield.com, March 2, 2020) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — State officials have released a draft environmental review of the California high-speed rail segment that, by linking Bakersfield with northern Los Angeles County, would be the project’s most...
