May 3, 2023 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Amtrak press release, May 3, 2023) CHICAGO — Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) have received federal approval for maximum speeds up to 110 mph for most of the Chicago-St. Louis corridor, primarily between the Amtrak stations in...
May 2, 2023 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Forbes, April 25, 2023) Billionaire investor and sports team owner Wes Edens wants to get you from Los Angeles to Vegas in about two hours. And he’s building a $12 billion, 186 MPH train line powered by renewable energy to do it. Full story:...
April 25, 2023 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2023) A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area....
January 30, 2023 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Politico column by Marc Buncher, CEO of Siemens Mobility North American, January 27, 2023) For decades the U.S. has talked about true high-speed rail with nothing to show for it. While high-speed rail connects people across the globe, the U.S. continues to...
January 4, 2023 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Television station KCRA, December 30, 2022) This week, as hundreds of flights between California cities were canceled, flight prices surged and travelers were left stranded, the California High-Speed Rail Authority saw an opening. The authority said in a...
August 31, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Texas Tribune, August 30, 2022) Ten years ago, a company calling itself Texas Central High-Speed Railway announced plans for a trailblazing bullet train that would whisk passengers between Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes. Company leaders exuded confidence...
August 26, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: GreenBiz, August 23, 2022) The U.S. is so far behind on high-speed rail compared to other countries it seems the U.S. is Superman and high-speed rail is its kryptonite. However, we are closer than ever before to the start of experiencing meaningful progress....
August 24, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: California High-Speed Rail Authority press release, August 18, 2022) SAN JOSE, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors today certified the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (Final...
August 23, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, DOT, FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Column by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FRA Administrator Amit Bose, August 20, 2022) America should always lead the way in technology and infrastructure — and that means Americans shouldn’t have to look abroad to see world-class passenger rail....
August 12, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, August 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — California’s High-Speed Rail Authority said Thursday it won $25 million in new federal grant funding to advance its project beyond 119 miles under construction, while pursuing an additional $1.3 billion...
