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California high-speed rail moves forward
Work on the first portion of California’s high-speed rail can move forward after earning approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the Associated Press reports. The DOT’s decision allows the state to start acquiring land between Fresno and Bakersfield for the 114-mile route. The federal Surface Transportation Board will need to approve the $68 […]
June 30, 2014
Roadbuilding
California’s high-speed rail likely to get $250 million from state budget
California’s high-speed rail project could get $250 million if the proposed state budget becomes law. The California State Assembly on Sunday approved a $156.4 billion budget plan for fiscal year 2015, which starts July 1, Reuters reports. The plan allocates $250 million for the state’s controversial high-speed rail project. The funding comes from a cap-and-trade […]
June 16, 2014
Roadbuilding
Texas has edge over California for high-speed rail
For the last few years, I’ve been critical of California’s attempts to link Los Angeles to San Francisco with a high-speed rail line. Related: California’s high-speed rail could fail to meet required trip time It’s not that I’m reflexively against passenger rail. It’s just that California is such a political zoo, I don’t think they […]
April 7, 2014
Roadbuilding
California’s high-speed rail could fail to meet required trip time
California’s high-speed rail is supposed to transport travelers at high speeds, allowing them to travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just two hours and 40 minutes. However, the bullet train may not be able to get travelers to their destinations in the anticipated amount of time. Louis Thompson, chairman of the High-Speed Rail […]
March 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
California Assembly Transportation Committee rejects bill to prohibit spending federal money on high-speed rail without matching funds
California’s Assembly Transportation Committee has rejected a bill that would prohibit spending federal grant money on a high-speed train project before the High-Speed Rail Authority approves matching funds, The Fresno Bee reports. Assembly Member Jim Patterson authored the bill, which he proposed after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) began allowing the state to “front-load the […]
March 25, 2014
Roadbuilding
Foxx at USHSR summit: 2014 is ‘busiest year’ in 5 years for high speed rail
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Tuesday at the US High Speed Rail Association’s (USHSR) summit in Washington, D.C. that 2014 is the “busiest year” for the construction of high speed rail in the past five years, The Hill reports. The Obama administration began implementing a high speed rail program in 2009. The program pushes for […]
February 26, 2014
Roadbuilding
USDOT to create high-speed rail safety rules
The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) has voted in favor of introducing new safety rules for high-speed rail, according to Global Rail News. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will create the guidelines, which will govern trains that can reach up to 200 mph. The standards will also help with the […]
June 18, 2013
Roadbuilding
Shuster talks transportation funding, earmarks at TCC Fly-in
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) believes September 2014 reauthorization has much the same bipartisan support that surfaced for Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), and a bill could be ready for the President to sign when MAP-21 expires. Funding, he said, is of course the key issue. Reforms […]
June 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Oh man, is this embarrassing or what.
I like writing headlines. It’s one of my favorite things as Editor of Better Roads. So how could I resist passing this one along: Amtrak CEO ditches broken train to travel by car to ribbon cutting of Wilmington’s Joe Biden station Seems the Acela high speed (sometimes) train stopped and wasn’t about to move anytime […]
April 13, 2011
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