January 16, 2018 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, January 15, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Nine round-trip trains to Washington, a rail line linking colleges in the commonwealth, train travel that rivals time on the road. Those are all on the wish list of a group advocating affordable high speed...
January 9, 2018 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune, January 9, 2018) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — An environmental study exploring the viability of high-speed passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Milwaukee has been shut down after two Minnesota Republican legislators said it was...
January 9, 2018 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, Technology
(Source: Washington Post, January 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Opponents of a proposal to build a high-speed train line that could make the trip between Washington and Baltimore in 15 minutes are asking state and federal officials to kill the project. Full story:...
January 3, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 18, 2017) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) late last week signed key environmental documents for privately funded, high-speed passenger-rail projects in Florida and Texas. Full story: Progressive...
January 26, 2017 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Houston Chronicle, January 25, 2017) HOUSTON — During his inauguration speech, a newly sworn in President Trump vowed to “build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways all across our wonderful nation.” Now,...
January 25, 2017 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, January 17, 2017) FRESNO, Calif. — A potential east-west bullet-train route along Highway 152 in Madera County is being pitched by high-speed rail planners and engineers as the best option for a Y-shaped junction for the train lines near...
January 24, 2017 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, January 21, 2017) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican lawmakers are calling for audits and congressional hearings to examine the state’s $64 billion high-speed rail project, saying they are concerned about a report that the cost of the...
January 23, 2017 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2017) LOS ANGELES — In the final hours of the Obama administration, the Federal Railroad Administration on Thursday made key modifications to a $928-million grant to the California bullet train agency. Full story: Los Angeles...
January 19, 2017 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, January 18, 2017) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A bipartisan group of Rhode Island legislators is opposing a plan to build a new Amtrak line that would speed up rail travel between Boston and New York City. Full story: The Daily...
January 18, 2017 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal, January 17, 2017) LOS ANGELES — In a follow-up to its refutation last week of a Los Angeles Times story about California’s high-speed rail plans, the authority building the system released a letter Tuesday that it sent to...
