California High-Speed Rail News

Democrats were writing obituaries for California's GOP after winning a supermajority in the state legislature last November, thus gaining veto-proof power to raise taxes.

This blog has answered that question repeatedly . But it's good to see California Forward put together its own answer to the question, featuring Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin: They make some excellent points here.

LEIPZIG, Germany - Korea's experience in building and operating its own bullet trains offers a model case for other countries to study, Vice Transport Minister Yeo Hyung-koo said in Germany.

This isn't just my opinion. The Brooking Institute, a Washington based "Think Tank" came to this conclusion in a paper it released in October 2009.

A top transportation official said today that the United States must remain dedicated to building high-speed rail systems to confront pollution, population increases and competition from rest of the world.

A top transportation official said Wednesday that the United States must remain dedicated to building high-speed rail systems to confront pollution, population increases and competition from rest of the world.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited Japanese investors to join the Dawei Deep Sea Port project in Myanmar, while Japanese businesses have expressed an interest in bidding for satellite and high-speed rail projects in Thailand, the PM's secretary-general said Thursday.

A poll of 2,000 small Birmingham businesses revealed two-thirds believe the A 33 billion HS2 high-speed rail link is a waste of money .

Foiled and discouraged by the results of last November's election as Democrats held the U.S. Senate as well as the White House, the anti-HSR forces have been encouraged by the recent spate of damaging scandals afflicting the Obama Administration.

Modern Spain boasts a sleek high-speed train, the Ave, which can whisk you from Madrid to Sevilla in a hour.

There are roughly $2 billion in passenger rail construction and improvement projects coming in the next year, including at least $300 million of spending earmarked for small businesses, for the Bay Area and Central Valley.

Since 1971, Amtrak has carried most of California's passenger rail traffic on both standard long distance routes and short distance urban light rail routes.

Normally, it's uncomfortable at best to hear a federal judge - let alone a panel of three - thunder criticism from the bench.

High-speed railway lines connecting Thailand, Laos and China might soon become a reality after the Thai cabinet met with its Lao counterparts in Chiang Mai earlier this week.

World's most dramatic city as you've never seen it before: Stunning timelapse video of Dubai shows hustle and bustle of life around skyscrapers and mosques It is the playground of the rich where ostentatious wealth is flaunted, the skyscrapers reach the skies and the sun never seems to stop shining.

It's a sultry day in Naperville, and the heat bounces off the station platform concrete.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority is launching a new website www.hsr.ca.gov on May 18, 2013.

The Colorado Public Interest Research Group is pushing for a high-speed train running between Denver and Colorado Springs, The Gazette reports .

The Associated Press reports State officials have agreed to drop a request to consolidate all lawsuits challenging California's sale of voter-approved high-speed rail bonds.

Today, in an unexpected victory for the Prop 1A lawsuit , the California High-Speed Rail Authority withdrew its request for a consolidation of the Validation suit with the Prop1A lawsuit which has been in the court system since 2011.