April 11, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: My News LA, April 10, 2016) LOS ANGELES — Some of the longest rail tunnels in North America would be used to bring California’s High-Speed Rail tracks from Northern California into the San Fernando Valley, under the latest plan to go before officials on...
March 21, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2016) LOS ANGELES — The California High Speed Rail Authority redrew its proposed routes for the Burbank-to-Palmdale stretch of the state’s bullet train in an effort to address concerns from residents impacted by the project,...
March 18, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, March 17, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new $64 billion business plan for California’s high-speed rail system fails to identify how to fill a multibillion-dollar shortfall and calls for locating the first segment in an unpopulated...
March 18, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 17, 2016) FRESNO, Calif. — Contractors are picking up the pace of construction on the first stage of California’s high-speed train system, with cranes, bulldozers and other heavy equipment at work at several sites in and around downtown...
March 17, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Editorial in the Dallas Morning News, March 16, 2016) DALLAS — As flip-flops go, Brazos Valley Council of Governments’ new opposition to high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston is more than baffling. It is bad policy, too. Full story: Dallas Morning...
March 17, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 16, 2016) NEW YORK — High-speed rail construction projects have frequently required long tunnels to reduce travel time and distance. With the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) considering a 16-mile long tunnel...
March 17, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Daily News, March 15, 2016) LOS ANGELES — The bullet train was to either barrel through Santa Clarita and San Fernando, disrupting homes, schools and businesses, or soar over and under San Fernando Valley horse country, disrupting equestrians....
March 14, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Morning News, March 11, 2016) DALLAS — The Dallas company developing what could be the nation’s first high-speed rail line now faces opposition from rural transportation planners who previously backed the project. Full story: Dallas Morning...
March 10, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 9, 2016) FRESNO, Calif. — More time and money are being allocated to property acquisition for high-speed rail sections in the San Joaquin Valley – a process that continues to take the California High-Speed Rail Authority much longer than...
March 9, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 8, 2016) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority has given a green light to a $154.2 million extension of its first construction contract in the San Joaquin Valley, stretching the line northward by almost 3 miles in Madera...
