California High-Speed Rail News

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.

FRESNO, CALIF.: The rescue mission for addicts stands squarely in the path of California's controversial bullet train, and gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari had decided to use the grim setting for an attack on the rail project dear to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.

The Federal Transit Administration says in a new report that the light-rail "Purple Line" expanding Washington, D.C.'s rail system further into the Maryland suburbs will cost $1 billion more than originally estimated.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari has been traveling around the Central Valley bashing the high speed rail project .

Along with a lot of other people, I have developed a case of buyer's remorse when it comes to the proposed high-speed rail system.

In a court ruling last week, Judge Michael Kenny agreed with the plaintiffs, John Tos, Aaron Fukuda and Kings County that the part 2 of their case can move forward.

The California High Speed rail project has been facing resistance that threatens to derail the project.

When opponents of California's high-speed rail program don't have answers on their side, they often resort to fiction over facts, as Rep. Jeff Denham and state Sen. Andy Vidak demonstrated in their highly critical op-ed .

But for all the political saber-rattling, a gathering of party delegates in Los Angeles this weekend could be significant for what goes unsaid.

As Texas Central Railway works to develop a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, its leaders say they expect to avoid the pitfalls that killed a similar project more than 20 years ago.

Some of the Acela train sets are 15 to 16 years old. At best, Amtrak expects their lifetime to be about 20 years.

This upcoming November will be the sixth anniversary of the passage of California Proposition 1A to fund high-speed rail.