April 13, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: TheLocal.fr, April 13, 2015) PARIS, France — French rail chiefs SNCF announced on Monday it had lodged an official legal complaint after an incident in Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix one-day classic cycle race saw several riders have a near miss with a TGV when...
April 9, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Texas Tribune, April 8, 2015) DALLAS, Texas — A bill that would hobble a private company’s plan to build a $12 billion high-speed rail line from Dallas to Houston passed out of a Senate committee Wednesday, spurred by concerns that private landowners would...
March 26, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Washington Post, March 26, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a report this week in the Siberian Times, the director of state-run Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, presented a grand vision of what would be the world’s longest road at a recent meeting...
March 16, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2015) LOS ANGELES — Harold Parichan built a reputation as a tough corporate defense attorney when he represented Ford, General Motors and gun maker Sturm, Ruger against some of the biggest product defect allegations in history....
March 12, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: CBS News, March 12, 2015) NEW YORK — Compared to Japan, the concept of high-speed rail has struggled to catch on in the U.S. The White House unveiled its vision for new train corridors in 2009, but so far there’s been little progress. Finally, though,...
March 9, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Connecticut Mirror, March 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Connecticut’s U.S. senators on Friday vowed to stop a proposal approved in the House of Representatives this week that would require Amtrak to study the feasibility of a new high-speed train from...
March 6, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 5, 2015) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority issued a progress report to state legislators this week describing progress made in recent months, acknowledging ongoing hurdles and providing an update on the cost and...
March 5, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, March 4, 2015) NEW YORK — China is investing more than 800 billion yuan ($128 billion) in domestic railway construction in 2015, the same as last year’s final target, while pledging to increase its railway makers’ overseas market share. Full story:...
March 4, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 3, 2015) FRESNO, Calif. — It’s not as spectacular or as visible as building a bridge or an overpass, but after years of delays, some construction finally is happening on California’s ambitious high-speed rail project. Full story: Fresno...
February 26, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Texas Tribune, February 25, 2015) AUSTIN, Texas — A lawmaker whose district sits near the proposed route for a planned bullet train connecting Houston and Dallas filed a bill Wednesday that could stop the project in its tracks. Full story: Fort Worth...
