March 4, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Sacramento Bee, March 4, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — The prospect of construction jobs in the recession-weary Central Valley has long been a selling point for proponents of California’s $68 billion high-speed rail project. A controversy has arisen, however,...
March 1, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, February 28, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly five years after Peninsula cities first sued to block California’s high-speed train from running along the Caltrain corridor, a judge has dismissed the case in a long-awaited victory...
February 27, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Mineta Transportation Institute press release, February 26, 2013) SAN JOSE, Calif. — US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and other experts are featured in “Economic and Social Impacts of High-Speed Rail Systems,” a set of seven videos from a...
February 27, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Huffington Post, February 26, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state’s High-Speed Rail Authority has nearly doubled the size of its staff in the past six months and expects the first phase of construction to be “under contract and under way this...
February 27, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, January 26, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials are using a standard bidding process for their plan to speed construction of the state’s $68 billion high-speed rail line, but there are still outstanding questions about the...
February 20, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: National Public Radio, February 16, 2013) NEW YORK — From the steam engine to visions of a national high-speed rail system, railroads have made their mark on American culture. In his first term, President Obama promised to create a national system of...
February 19, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, February 19, 2013) Singapore and Malaysia moved to strengthen growing economic ties on Tuesday with plans to build a high-speed rail link by 2020 that will cut travel time between the wealthy city-state and Kuala Lumpur to 90 minutes. Full story:...
February 15, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Streetsblog Capitol Hill, February 14, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday afternoon, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, announced that Frank Lautenberg would return as chair of the committee’s Surface Transportation, &...
February 13, 2013 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Politico, February 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood mounted a forceful defense Tuesday of President Barack Obama’s investment in the country’s long-neglected passenger rail service, making what may have been one of his final...
February 11, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Huffington Post, February 9, 2013) CHICAGO — Hundreds of Midwest manufacturers stand to benefit from a web of high-speed passenger rail routes emerging from Chicago’s rail hub, according to a report released by an environmental policy group that has...
