July 16, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, July 15, 2021) NEW YORK — Privately funded high-speed rail developer Texas Central has signed on Spain’s Renfe as “early operator” of its proposed 236-mile line linking Dallas and Houston. Securing funding is next, the company reported July 14....
July 16, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Hill, July 15, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of businesses and labor groups is calling on Congress to include hundreds of billions of dollars of funding for high-speed rail in the forthcoming infrastructure bills. The alliance, dubbed the U.S. High...
July 7, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, July 7, 2021) NEW YORK — Brightline Holdings has bought 110 acres of land at the south end of Las Vegas Boulevard for a Brightline West terminal, part of its planned $8.4 billion high speed rail project connecting Las Vegas and Southern...
July 2, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Auburn Citizen, July 1, 2021) AUBURN, N.Y. — A coalition led by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is asking congressional leaders to increase funding for high-speed rail and include it in an infrastructure plan. Full story:...
June 30, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer opinion column by Mysore Nagaraja, Howard Sackel, and Bob Previdi, June 29, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — Last Thursday, President Joe Biden announced a bipartisan agreement on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure framework, which allocates $66 billion...
June 30, 2021 | High Speed Rail, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 30 — Dennis R. Pierce, President, Teamsters Rail Conference announced today that the Teamsters Rail Conference, following a unanimous vote by its Policy Committee, has joined the U.S. High Speed Rail Coalition Executive Committee. The...
June 24, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, June 23, 2021) NEW YORK — Brightline West has decided not to seek state-based private activity bonds in 2021 to help finance construction of its high speed rail project connecting Las Vegas and Southern California. Full story: Railway...
June 17, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: KBTX, June 15, 2021) DALLAS — The developers of the high-speed train between Houston and Dallas, Texas Central Railroad, has signed a $16 billion contract with Webuild, an industrial group that specializes in construction and civil engineering, to lead the...
June 17, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Hill, June 16, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Wednesday called on Congress to increase funding for high-speed rail in the infrastructure package. The...
June 17, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Washington Post, June 16, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bipartisan $78 billion transportation funding bill on Wednesday designed to boost the competitiveness of the nation’s freight networks, improve its passenger rail...
