March 20, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Phys.org, March 20, 2013) Bullet trains fuel real-estate booms, improve quality of life and create other unintended consequences by sharply reducing commute times from smaller cities to large megacities, economists from UCLA and China’s Tsinghua...
March 20, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, March 18, 2013) SAN FRANCISCO — California officials approved on Monday the sale of up to $8.6 billion in state bonds to help build a planned high-speed rail system projected to cost $68 billion. Full story: Reuters
March 19, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 18, 2013) Public hearings for proposed high-speed rail corridors in Texas, Oklahoma and Minnesota will be held in the next few weeks, as state and federal transportation officials prepare environmental statements for two...
March 19, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Palo Alto Daily News, March 19, 2013) SAN JOSE, Calif. — At a special meeting Monday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority board approved an agreement that underscores its commitment to run the state’s future bullet trains on Caltrain’s two...
March 19, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, March 18, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority voted Monday to issue nearly $8.6 billion in taxpayer-approved bonds to build the nation’s first bullet train as the state rushes to begin construction in...
March 15, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Forth Worth Star-Telegram, March 14, 2013) ARLINGTON, Texas — The fate of a proposal to build a high-speed rail line connecting Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston may rest on whether North Texas leaders can agree on where to put a station. Full story: Fort Worth...
March 12, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, March 12, 2013) LOS ANGELES — Top congressional Republicans want the Obama administration to reject a $5.5 billion loan being sought by a private Nevada company to build a high-speed train from the edge of California’s Mojave Desert to...
March 11, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, March 8, 2013) SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Peninsula transit agency Thursday approved an agreement that affirms the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s commitment to run its bullet trains only on Caltrain’s two tracks between...
March 7, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Indianapolis Star opinion column by Richard Harnish, executive director of the Midwest High-Speed Rail Association, March 6, 2013) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — For thousands of residents of Indiana and Illinois, few chores are more tedious than making the long and...
March 4, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Full story: The Fresno Bee, March 3, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — While many are chattering about high-speed rail these days, state transportation leaders are quietly planning to drop more than $15 billion into California’s existing Amtrak train service —...
