California High-Speed Rail News

FILE: Jan. 7, 2014: U.S. states are trying to build systems for high-speed trains like the one seen here in China.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) March 15--Thea Selby, a San Francisco businesswoman and Democratic Party activist, has been named to the California High-Speed Rail Authority board of directors by the speaker of the state Assembly.

A pair of state agencies announced actions Friday to advance the California High-Speed Rail Authority's efforts to begin construction of its bullet-train line in the central San Joaquin Valley.

Delegates arriving at this weekend's California Republican Party convention Friday seemed as determined as mountaineers at the base of K2 -- but still searching for a sturdy climbing rope.

The agency overseeing California's high-speed rail project won permission Friday from a separate state board to begin eminent domain proceedings against eight properties in Fresno that are needed to build the line's initial segment.

The state Water Resources Control Board announced Friday it has approved a permit to allow construction of a high-speed rail line between Fresno and Madera.

The Legislative Analyst's Office is a good source for statistical analysis of the state budget.

Twenty years after opening for business, Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel finally sees a strong and profitable future, supported by record passenger traffic and a growing freight business.

Despite putting environmental issues at the center of his re-election bid, California Governor Jerry Brown is catching flak from fellow Democrats for his support of fracking.

In this blog post, I would like to preview my three new NBER papers. One is on Walmart's energy consumption.

A MAS plane is seen on the tarmac on March 11, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Officials have expanded the searh area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MG370.

Nearly 10.7 billion trips in 2013, to be precise - the highest total since 1956, according to ridership data reported by transit systems nationally and being released Monday by the American Public Transportation Association.

The board approved giving up to two million dollars to bidders whose designs for the second phase of high speed rail, are passed over.

The Federal Transit Administration says in a new report that the light-rail "Purple Line" expanding Washington, D.C.'s rail system into the Maryland suburbs will cost a billion dollars more than originally estimated.

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Bidders competing for a contract to design and build the second piece of high-speed rail line in the San Joaquin Valley could receive up to $2 million apiece if their bid is passed over.

Bill Whalen who is a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution says the high-speed rail project is also a subject sure to be on voters' minds this year.

One element of the recent California HSR "revised" draft 2012 Business Plan involves looking to one particular means of finance in addition to general fund bond finance and Federal transport grant funding: Cap-and-Trade Program Funds Assembly Bill 32 mandates a reduction of statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

I read in the BND about Alton's planned high-speed rail hub. It appears they have a grand plan in place and dollars flowing.

Israel Railways executives promised on Sunday that the high-speed train from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem will be complete on time.