August 21, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Texas Tribune opinion column by Peter LeCody, August 18, 2014. Mr. LeCody is the president of Texas Rail Advocates, a Dallas-based group that supports freight and passenger rail development.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Downtown Dallas to downtown Houston in about 90...
August 13, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: New York Times editorial, August 12, 2014) NEW YORK — Most American passenger trains, including Amtrak’s popular Acela service, run at speeds that are far slower than the superfast European and Japanese trains that can zip along at 200 miles per hour or more....
August 13, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Time magazine, August 11, 2014) NEW YORK — Don’t believe the New York Times or the train haters who cite it: High-speed rail is not an $11-billion failure. The New York Times has declared President Barack Obama’s high-speed rail program a failure....
August 13, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: McClatchy News Service, August 12, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Surface Transportation Board on Tuesday made public its authorizing for construction of a 114-mile high-speed passenger rail line between Fresno and Bakersfield. In a 56-page report, the...
August 12, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Seattle Times opinion column by Froma Harrop, August 11, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Perhaps it’s time for fans of high-speed rail to let some air into their thought box. Perhaps they should stop looking to Washington for direction and money. There are several...
August 11, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: New York Times, August 8, 2014) BEIJING, China — A favorite export from China to its neighbors these days are high-speed rail lines designed to make trade routes in the vast stretches of Asia more accessible and fortify Chinese dreams of turning its southern...
August 11, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, August 10, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority board will contemplate a proposal Tuesday to use cap-and-trade money to accelerate plans in Southern California while construction starts in the San Joaquin Valley. Full...
August 8, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Times of Trenton, August 6, 2014) TRENTON, N.J. — The most-traveled section of railroad in North America, a 23-mile stretch between Trenton and New Brunswick, has had the same overhead wire system since 1935. But with improvements finally underway, trains...
August 8, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: New York Times, August 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a 30-mile stretch of railroad between Westerly and Cranston, R.I., Amtrak’s 150-mile-per-hour Acela hits its top speed — for five or 10 minutes. On the crowded New York to Washington corridor, the Acela...
August 6, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Ars Technica, August 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak’s 13-year-old Acela trains have made a huge difference to commuting and other travel along the busy Northeast corridor between Boston and Washington, DC. Now a 6.5-hour trip, it used to take a full...
