Amtrak’s new “NextGen Acela” trains have been billed as the dawn of high-speed rail in the US. Yet outdated tracks keep speeds limited, and with federal funding pulled from most high-speed projects, ...
It has been nearly 17 years since voters approved California Proposition 1A, which allocated $10 billion to the California High-Speed Rail Authority to build a new high-speed rail line between Los ...
Celebrating the recent withdrawal of $4 billion in federal funds allocated by Congress to help build the California High Speed Rail system, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy declared, “It’s ...
The Le Grand Overcrossing Project would separate drivers and pedestrians from both the planned high-speed rail line and an existing railroad. August 27, 2025 In Le Grand, Calif., the planned ...
California wasted little time in responding to the federal government’s pulling of $4 billion in grants for the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s (CHSRA) 171-mile project by suing the Trump ...
California allocates $1 billion annually to high-speed rail through 2045. Funding ties to cap-and-trade program set to expire in same year, 2045. Legislation aims to bolster jobs, reduce emissions and ...
The Trump administration wants to redistribute $2.4 billion it pulled from California’s high-speed rail project to other uses ...
The 171-mile Merced-to-Bakersfield stretch of high-speed rail could begin passenger service by Jan. 1, 2032, according to a report released Friday by the state agency administering the project. That's ...
Amtrak's NextGen Acela high-speed trains are now racing passengers between Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., hitting top speeds of 160 miles per hour. Leo Friedman and his mother, Phyllis, ...