March 7, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 6, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority plans to appeal a court ruling that would send the agency to trial on whether its planned bullet train can live up to performance requirements required under state law....
March 6, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 2014) PHILADELPHIA — Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday hosted a pitch for a super-high-speed, magnetically levitated train that could whisk riders from Philadelphia to New York City in 25 minutes and to...
March 6, 2014 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 5, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation auditors announced Wednesday that they will examine the Federal Railroad Administration’s oversight of high-speed rail grants nationwide, including about $3.9 billion in stimulus and...
March 6, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Syracuse.com, March 5, 2014) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Speakers at a public hearing on high-speed rail alternatives Wednesday strongly supported a faster train system across New York state. The hearing was the second of six being held by the NYS Department of...
March 5, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Times, March 4, 2014) MUNSTER, Ind. — Indiana’s leading advocacy group for passenger rail is changing its name to boost its efforts to support projects such as the South Shore expansion and Amtrak’s Hoosier State route. The Indiana High...
March 5, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 4, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — A Sacramento judge ruled Tuesday that Kings County and two of its residents can forge ahead with a challenge to the California High-Speed Rail Authority over its statewide bullet-train plans. Full story:...
March 4, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Post-Standard, March 4, 2014) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — When state and federal officials visit Syracuse on Wednesday night, they’ll ask for public input on five alternatives for building a high-speed rail line across Upstate New York. Those options...
March 3, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, March 3, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. — Public meetings begin this week on proposals for high-speed passenger rail service in New York. The first of six hearings is Tuesday at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany. Meetings...
March 3, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Southtown Star, February 27, 2014) CHICAGO — A hearing in Orland Park on Thursday gave the public a look at a plan to use Metra’s Rock Island Line as the northernmost segment of a high-speed rail line between Chicago and St. Louis. Several Southland...
February 28, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2014) NEW YORK — Caterpillar Inc. lost a major contract from its home state of Illinois to produce locomotives for high-speed passenger-rail service, dealing a blow to the company’s plan to dominate the market for...
