February 28, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 27, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown wants long-term funding for California’s high-speed rail project to come from the state greenhouse gas reduction program, expanding his commitment to the $68 billion...
February 26, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Denver Post, February 25, 2014) DENVER, Colo. — High-speed rail could shuttle millions of people from Pueblo to Fort Collins, as well as from Jefferson County to the Eagle County Airport. But the $30.1 billion needed to launch the system is well out of...
February 25, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, February 24, 2014) EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A southwestern Illinois county is weighing whether to commit $500,000 toward an East St. Louis station along an emerging high-speed Amtrak route. Full story: Miami Herald
February 25, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Chicago Tribune, February 24, 2014) CHICAGO –Improving passenger service on the slowest portion of Illinois’ emerging 110-mph rail corridor, between Chicago and Joliet, will cost an estimated $1.5 billion, officials said Monday. Full story:...
February 24, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, February 23, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — Federal transportation officials have extended the deadline three months, to July 1, that the California High-Speed Rail Authority has to start spending more state money on the project. As a...
February 19, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Japan Times, February 18, 2014) NEW YORK — Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is planning to bid to supply a new generation of trains for Acela Express, Amtrak’s main high-speed rail service linking Washington, D.C., New York and Boston, according to a...
February 13, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Democrat & Chronicle, February 12, 2014) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 3½-year state review of high-speed passenger rail possibilities has yielded alternatives that would radically improve Amtrak service to Rochester and other upstate New York cities but...
February 13, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times opinion column by Tom Zoellner, February 13, 2014) LOS ANGELES — Who doesn’t love a train? Who cannot fail to be seduced by the most appealing vehicle in human history — the rail-induced sensuality of “Brief...
February 12, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Journal Gazette, February 11, 2014) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Once again, the City Council has voted to support a study needed to bring high-speed passenger rail to the city, but this time council members backed it up with cash. The council voted unanimously...
February 12, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, February 11, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — The latest business plan for California’s embattled high-speed train project endured its first volley of slings and arrows Tuesday when a draft of the document was presented to the state’s...
