March 9, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2016) LOS ANGELES — The California bullet train has won a court victory in a key lawsuit that sought to stop the $64-billion project because it allegedly violated restrictions voters imposed in 2008. Full story: Los Angeles...
March 7, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, March 6, 2016) BEIJING, China — China is studying the possibility of a railway link between the mainland and Taiwan, the government’s latest idea to use its high-speed train know-how to bridge a stubborn political divide. Full story:...
March 7, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times opinion column by Michael Hiltzik, March 6, 2016) LOS ANGELES — Is there a big infrastructure project anywhere in the country as disrespected as California’s bullet train? Full story: Los Angeles Times
March 4, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Hartford Courant, March 3, 2016) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Several of the federal proposals for high-speed rail routes through Connecticut could disrupt large swaths of landscape and even change the character of entire regions, the head of the Western Connecticut...
March 4, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio News, March 2, 2016) ROCHESTER, Minn. — The firm that wants to build an elevated high-speed rail line between Rochester and the Twin Cities will decide by summer if the project goes forward, a company executive said Wednesday. The...
March 1, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Sydney Morning Herald, March 1, 2016) SYDNEY, Australia — An international expert in high speed rail says the “stars are aligning” for Australia to make a decision on building a line to link Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Torkel Patterson,...
February 25, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, February 24, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ridiculed as a Train to Nowhere, California’s multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project is now a Train to Somewhere, rail officials said Wednesday, touting their decision last week to radically...
February 18, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, February 17, 2016) SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a huge win for the Bay Area, the state will build the first 250 miles of bullet train track between San Jose and the Bakersfield area and now aims to offer service on the line in less than a...
February 17, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2016) LOS ANGELES — The state’s powerful agriculture industry and its political allies are gathering signatures for a November ballot initiative that would grab bond money earmarked for California’s bullet train and use it...
February 12, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, February 11, 2016) FRESNO, Calif. — Attorneys for and against California’s high-speed rail project made their final arguments Thursday to a Sacramento County Superior Court judge who will decide whether the proposed bullet-train system complies...
