December 9, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 8, 2013) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Amtrak recently issued draft specifications for new trains to replace its existing Acelas that call for 160 m.p.h. trains, not the 220 m.p.h. versions Amtrak said in January that it was seeking....
December 6, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: McClatchy News Service, December 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama’s high-speed rail program was supposed to deliver faster and more frequent passenger trains to communities across the country. But some of the $10.1 billion in funding for...
December 6, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, December 5, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California high-speed rail officials sought to allay concerns about the future of the project Thursday after a series of legal and regulatory rulings that appear to jeopardize some parts of the $68...
December 5, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, December 5, 2013) NEW YORK — CSR Corp. and China CNR Corp., China’s two biggest trainmakers, won bids for 258 bullet trains worth as much as 44.3 billion yuan ($7.3 billion) as China’s high-speed rail network opens new lines. Full story:...
December 5, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, December 5, 2013) LOS ANGELES — Federal regulators refuse to exempt a segment of proposed track from review, likely delaying the project and driving up costs. Full story: Los Angeles Times
December 4, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, War on Workers
(Source: Milwaukee Express, December 4, 2013) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Among the many fibs, distortions, smears and lies of omission in ‘Unintimidated,’ Gov. Scott Walker’s new autobiography, is his version of the events surrounding the cancellation of $810...
December 2, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, November 30, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has yet to break ground on its controversial high-speed train system, and legal challenges remain in the path of construction. Full story: Fresno Bee
December 2, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, November 28, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — A group of Kings County residents determined to stop California’s high-speed rail project tried to convince Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P. Kenny that “it would be illegal to proceed with...
December 2, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 29, 2013) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — High-speed rail in the United States is closest to reality in California, but the nation’s busiest rail route – the Northeast Corridor – is struggling just to keep the trains...
December 2, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Observer, November 25, 2013) DALLAS, Texas — If high-speed rail is to exist in Texas over the next several decades, it won’t be the work of the federal or the state government. Though the state has been exploring the idea for close to three...
