June 4, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Politico, June 4, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Texas company hopes to create a high-speed rail corridor to move passengers at speeds that would leave Amtrak’s Acela in the dust — all with private funds. Full story: Politico
June 2, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2014) LOS ANGELES — California Governor Jerry Brown faces a challenge as he tries to secure new funding from pollution fees to keep the state’s high-speed rail project rolling. His effort is emerging as one of the most hotly...
June 2, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Sacramento Bee, June 1, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Bee’s editorial board met with Ray LaHood, who spent 14 years in Congress before joining President Barack Obama’s administration in 2009 as transportation secretary. A senior policy adviser at the...
June 2, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: State Journal-Register, June 1, 2014) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak passenger trains should be running at speeds up to 110 mph between Carlinville and Joliet in 2015, based on the latest update of high-speed rail construction from the Illinois Department of...
May 30, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Munster Times, May 29, 2014) HAMMOND, Ind. — Gov. Mike Pence, railroad and federal officials ceremoniously tapped the first rail spikes Thursday on the $71.4 million Indiana Gateway project that will help speed freight and passenger rail through Northwest...
May 28, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bakersfield Californian, May 26, 2014) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The city council that just voted to sue the high-speed rail authority to keep the bullet train out of downtown is the same council that once fought to bring it there. What a difference 15 years...
May 27, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2014) LOS ANGELES — A state appellate court panel on Friday zeroed in on technical and procedural issues that could signal trouble for Central Valley groups fighting California’s proposed bullet train project. Full story: Los...
May 23, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, Technology
(Source: Gizmodo, May 22, 2014) NEW YORK — To get up to top speed, bullet trains have to pull a huge amount of electrical current from the grid. typically through unsightly overhead power lines. But this newly debuted train prototype from South Korea sucks up...
May 23, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, May 23, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority will seek to get its plans for the first U.S. bullet-train back on track today when it asks an appeals court for approval to issue $8 billion in bonds to finance the...
May 22, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bakersfield Californian, May 21, 2014) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Nineteen months after authorizing a lawsuit against the California High-Speed Rail Authority, the Bakersfield City Council reaffirmed that plan late Wednesday, authorizing the City Attorney to sue...
