February 8, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Washington Post, February 4, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mexico’s 19th-century leaders spent lavishly to bring the railroad to their young republic, eager to show the world that they were building a modern, technologically advanced nation. More than 100 years...
February 7, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Opinion column by Alfred Twu published in The Guardian, February 6, 2013) LONDON — I created this US High Speed Rail Map as a composite of several proposed maps from 2009, when government agencies and advocacy groups were talking big about rebuilding...
February 6, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: www.nooga.com, February 6, 2013) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Could a national high-speed rail hub be in Chattanooga’s future? Most experts would say no, but a California-based group of cartographers hasn’t let that stop them from mapping out a concept of...
February 5, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, War on Workers
(Source: Bakersfield Californian, February 3, 2013) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — In a bitter dispute that threatens to divide support for California high-speed rail, union and non-union contractors are fighting over a draft plan for setting aside some of the project’s...
February 4, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: DC Streets Blog, January 31, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last Friday, CNN’s Anderson Cooper ran a segment about high-speed rail as part of his “Keeping Them Honest” series. Reporter Drew Griffin did an “exposé” of a Vermont rail project that spent .00006 percent...
January 31, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Canadian Press, January 28, 2013) MONTREAL — The British government unveiled an ambitious plan Monday to develop high-speed rail lines linking London to cities in northern England, but railcar manufacturer Bombardier is first focused on a large opportunity in...
January 29, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, January 29, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority announced Monday it has settled a lawsuit filed by the city of Chowchilla over the rail agency’s approval of a bullet-train route between Merced and Fresno. Full...
January 24, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, January 23, 2013) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority has yet to select a contractor to build the first stretch of its proposed statewide line in Fresno and Madera counties. But on Wednesday, the agency did hire Wong/Harris,...
January 23, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 22, 2013) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — True high-speed trains, using proven technology, could slash the St. Louis to the Chicago Loop trip to just 90 minutes, with hourly departures. If existing rail infrastructure were blended with long...
January 23, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Politico, January 23, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — California’s landmark high-speed rail line won’t require cash from Congress for at least two years. But at some point, it will. That’s the message the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s leadership team is...
