May 7, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, May 6, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — Members of the California High-Speed Rail Authority were alternately scolded and encouraged — and even threatened with arrest — for more than three hours Tuesday in a hearing on plans for the...
May 6, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, May 3, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority board is poised to forge ahead with approval of its Fresno-Bakersfield bullet-train route when it meets Tuesday and Wednesday in Fresno. Full story: Fresno...
May 1, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 30, 2014) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — In what appears to be the final chapter of an ill-fated venture in Milwaukee, Spanish train-maker Talgo is vacating its factory on the city’s north side, and its two unused high-speed...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: CBS Washington D.C., April 22, 2014) BALTIMORE, Md. — State Attorney General Doug Gansler wants Maryland’s government to take the initiative on building high-speed rail from Baltimore to Washington. The Democratic candidate for governor said that, if...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel opinion column by Ben Tripousis, April 21, 2014. Mr. Tripousis is the Northern Regional Director for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.) SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Opponents of California’s High-Speed Rail project love to call...
April 21, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, April 18, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — A final version of an environmental report has been issued for the Fresno-Bakersfield stretch of California’s proposed high-speed rail system. The 20,000-page report, released Friday afternoon by the...
April 17, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, April 16, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — A state appeals court rejected a petition by the California High-Speed Rail Authority, potentially clearing the tracks for a trial over whether the agency’s controversial and ambitious bullet-train plan...
April 16, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Journal News, April 15, 2014) NEW YORK — People interested in faster, more reliable Amtrak train service from New York City to Albany and on to Niagara Falls – including stops in Yonkers and Croton-on-Hudson – can comment on planned improvements in New...
April 16, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: WKBW, April 14, 2014) NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Plans for a high-speed rail system were put into motion for the City of Niagara Falls. Council voted in favor of the $22.7 million construction contract, which was awarded to a Niagara Falls company, for the...
April 11, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: KCRA, April 10, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. —The board that oversees the California High-Speed Rail Authority approved a new business plan to submit to state lawmakers Thursday, reflecting lower revenue projections but leaving the 2028 timeline for finishing the...
