August 9, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Morning News, August 8, 2016) DALLAS, Texas — Dallas developers, officials and residents hope a planned high-speed train station near downtown and the Cedars will anchor a potential development that would spur economic growth and bridge two...
August 9, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, August 8, 2016) LOS ANGELES — Relocation of Highway 99 in Fresno, a key part of the bullet train project, is over budget, behind schedule and will cost millions of dollars more to complete, officials said Monday Full story: Los Angeles...
August 2, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Bond Buyer, August 1, 2016) DALLAS — Sponsors of passenger and high-speed rail projects are leaving billions of funding dollars on the table by not taking advantage of a federal rail program that has made only $2.7 billion of low-interest loans from a $35...
August 1, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2016) LOS ANGELES — A seemingly obscure, two-sentence piece of state legislation is demonstrating the still unsettled political and legal foundations of California’s troubled bullet train project Full story: Los Angeles...
July 29, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Post-Bulletin, July 27, 2016) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A company seeking to build a high-speed rail line from Rochester to the Twin Cities with private dollars needs more time before deciding whether to push ahead with the project. Full story:...
July 28, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Monitor, July 27, 2016) McALLEN, Texas — A high-speed rail could one day be passing through South Texas, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s office, which announced a study into the feasibility of a high-speed train throughout the...
July 26, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, July 21, 2016) HOUSTON — There’s a real fight pitting rural, multi-generational landowners along the proposed route against newly arrived urbanites who seek faster travel between the nation’s fourth- and fifth- largest metropolitan areas. Full...
July 25, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, July 24, 2016) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Safety regulators have started warning motorists of faster trains along a high-speed rail corridor in Illinois months before Amtrak service at up to 110 mph is set to begin. Full story: The...
July 18, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Morning News, July 18, 2016) DALLAS — The developers of a high-speed bullet train between Dallas and Houston added two former public officials to its team, the company announced this morning. Full story: Dallas Morning News
July 18, 2016 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, July 18, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) have released 10 service and route...
