November 5, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Hill, November 4, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican-turned-Democratic former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist criticized incumbent Gov. Rick Scott (R) for rejecting high-speed rail money from the Obama administration in his announcement of his new campaign on...
November 4, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, October 31, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California high-speed rail officials are recommending a new route for the second leg of the bullet train south of Fresno. Rail authority officials said Thursday that the board will consider a staff...
November 4, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Washington Post, November 2, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The privately owned Washington company that last year began lobbying to build a high-speed rail line between Washington and New York has lined up some prominent names to press its ambitious plan to improve...
November 1, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bakersfield Californian, October 31, 2013) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A surge in recent oil investment near Shafter has prompted a substantial redrawing of the proposed high-speed rail project through northern Kern County. Full story: Bakersfield...
October 31, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Medill Reports, October 31, 2013) CHICAGO — The Midwest High Speed Rail Association on Wednesday laid out its plans for a network of high-speed trains. The organization, a 501c educational nonprofit, is attempting to build a coalition of transportation...
October 30, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Tampa Tribune, October 30, 2013) TAMPA, Fla. — Former state Sen. Paula Dockery, a former political ally of Gov. Rick Scott but now a critic, says Scott assured her shortly after taking office in early 2011 that he planned to accept $2.4 billion in federal...
October 29, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Pueblo Chieftain, October 26, 2013) PUEBLO, Colo. — A study looking at the potential for high-speed rail travel along the Front Range will be presented next month by the Colorado Department of Transportation at several community meetings. Full story: Pueblo...
October 29, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 28, 2013) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Illinois transportation officials have launched a detailed study on how to increase train speeds between St. Louis and Alton, where a new station is to be built. It can take an hour to get about 25...
October 24, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Sacramento Bee, October 23, 2013. The following is a letter to the editor by Dan Richard, Chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his recent column about California’s high-speed rail project, Dan Walters, wittingly or...
October 22, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, October 21, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — Archaeologists tore up the parking lot of an adult bookstore in downtown Fresno on Monday as they began investigating the city’s historic Chinatown district. Full story: Fresno Bee
