September 5, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2014) LOS ANGELES — Opponents of the state’s $68 billion bullet train project turned to the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court ruling that said project officials have complied with a...
September 4, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Baltimore Sun, September 4, 2014) BALTIMORE, Md. — An investor group hoping to build a high-speed train capable of cutting the travel time between Baltimore and Washington to 15 minutes says in a filing to state regulators that it has lined up more than $5...
September 3, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, September 2, 2014) LOS ANGELES — Opponents of California’s controversial $68 billion high-speed rail project petitioned the California Supreme Court on Tuesday, arguing a court of appeals decision ignored the financial protections of voters....
September 2, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, September 1, 2014) CHICAGO — The state of Illinois will spend $102 million to build a bridge over the Kankakee River along with other improvements as part of high-speed rail upgrades between Chicago and St. Louis. Full story:...
August 29, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 28, 2014) FORT WORTH, Texas — Those who worry that the plan to build a high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas by 2021 is overly ambitious were probably having heart palpitations after the seven-member Commission for...
August 28, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 27, 2014) FORT WORTH, Texas — The number of Texas cities that could be served by high-speed rail is growing quickly and now includes Bryan-College Station, an area best known as the home of Texas A&M University that was...
August 27, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: New York Times, August 25, 2014) NEW YORK — High-speed rail has brought many benefits to China, and now one more can be added to that list: a handy point to lord over the United States. Last week, People’s Daily, the newspaper of the ruling Communist Party,...
August 27, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Miami Herald, August 25, 2014) MIAMI, Fla. — Preliminary work has begun for construction of a $2.5 billion express passenger train between Miami and Orlando. Full story: Miami Herald
August 25, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Cap Times, August 23, 2014) MADISON, Wisc. — The failure of states like Wisconsin to build out its passenger rail system is a prime example of why the U.S. is lagging in developing a modern transportation system. That’s the gist of an essay in the...
August 22, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Texas Tribune, August 18, 2014) AUSTIN, Texas — For years, the Japanese company behind the world’s first and busiest high-speed rail system has been itching to enter the U.S. high-speed rail market, hoping to sell one of the world’s ripest passenger rail...
