September 24, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: New York Times, September 23, 2013) CHANGSHA, China — Just five years after China’s high-speed rail system opened, it is carrying nearly twice as many passengers each month as the country’s domestic airline industry. With traffic growing 28 percent a year for...
September 20, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Journal and Courier, September 19, 2013) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Communities directly connected to the Hoosier State passenger rail line have been leading the charge to persuade Gov. Mike Pence that the state should take over funding the $3 million a year route....
September 19, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 18, 2013) ARLINGTON, Texas — A Georgia man who helped develop that state’s first coordinated rail plan has been hired as the new rail director for the Texas Department of Transportation. Erik Steavens, 42, arrives as Texas...
September 19, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: NW Times, September 18, 2013) GARY, Ind. — Safe, reliable, daily round trip rail passenger service at up to 110 miles per hour on a dedicated double track between Chicago’s Union Station and Detroit/Pontiac is a vision shared by transportation agencies in...
September 18, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, September 17, 2013) SAN JOSE, Calif. — California high-speed rail officials for the first time have acknowledged it will be another “few months” before construction begins. It has has already been delayed a year. The state...
September 16, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Fresno Bee, September 15, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — The same Sacramento County judge who last month was critical of the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s 2011 funding plan will soon decide the agency’s request to approve the sale of Proposition 1A bonds...
September 16, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Fresno Bee, September 14, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — California and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor hope to leverage economy of scale by teaming up to seek bids from manufacturers to build dozens of new sets of high-speed trains. Full story: The Fresno...
September 6, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, September 3, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority and its opponents in Kings County have a court date in November to argue about remedies to violations of Proposition 1A by the state agency’s draft business plan....
September 3, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Quincy Journal, September 1, 2013) QUINCY, Ill. — The city of Springfield has received a $14.4 million federal grant to build one of eight underpasses that are planned as part of the 10th Street railroad consolidation project, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s office...
August 23, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Quartz, August 23, 2013) NEW YORK — A closer look at data reveals that high-speed rail has been, and is set to be, a vital part of China’s growth strategy. Full story: Quartz
