December 18, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times opinion column by Ted Rall, December 18, 2014) LOS ANGELES — We drive on freeways that past generations conceived and paid for not only with their tax dollars, but with years and years of loud, dirty construction. This is the part where we...
December 16, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, STB
(Source: Fresno Bee, December 15, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, in a ruling issued late Friday, declared on a 2-1 vote that the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, “is categorically pre-empted” in connection with the...
December 16, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, STB
(Source: Fresno Bee, December 15, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, in a ruling issued late Friday, declared on a 2-1 vote that the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, “is categorically pre-empted” in connection with the...
December 15, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2014) LOS ANGELES — As California’s bullet train officials begin to lay plans for the system’s Los Angeles segment, a major technical issue is coming under close scrutiny: incompatibility between the sleek,...
December 15, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2014) LOS ANGELES — As California’s bullet train officials begin to lay plans for the system’s Los Angeles segment, a major technical issue is coming under close scrutiny: incompatibility between the sleek,...
December 12, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: WCCO, December 9, 2014) CAMBRIDGE, MInn. — Northern Lights Express is a high-speed passenger train that is being proposed for the popular corridor. The train would run on existing Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight rails between Target Field and the Duluth...
December 12, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: WCCO, December 9, 2014) CAMBRIDGE, MInn. — Northern Lights Express is a high-speed passenger train that is being proposed for the popular corridor. The train would run on existing Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight rails between Target Field and the Duluth...
December 12, 2014 | CP, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, December 9, 2014) MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is caught up in the fallout from a political battle in Wisconsin over the building of a high-speed rail line. The Calgary-based North American rail freight giant is making its case to...
December 12, 2014 | CP, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, December 9, 2014) MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is caught up in the fallout from a political battle in Wisconsin over the building of a high-speed rail line. The Calgary-based North American rail freight giant is making its case to...
December 12, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, December 11, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — The apparent winning bid to build the second section of high-speed rail in the central San Joaquin Valley was announced Thursday — and it came in under the state’s original cost estimate. Full story: Fresno...
