High-Speed Rail
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GOP Demands a Stop to Stim Spending. What Will It Mean for Rail Projects?
The incoming Republican head of the Appropriations Committee wants to take back stimulus funds promised to states and localities for much-needed infrastructure programs, including more than $6 billion in transportation funding. High-speed rail projects would take an especially big hit under the plan.
December 1, 2010
Forget High-Speed Rail, Let’s Get High-Speed Buses
I would put this up there with China's proposal for huge buses that allow cars to drive under them, but it's still worth a good laugh. Who needs shoulders on highways anyway?!
November 17, 2010
Cuomo’s Green Agenda Comes Out Swinging for Smart Growth
Last Friday, Andrew Cuomo released his green agenda, the final installment in a series of policy papers his campaign published over the last few months. In it, Cuomo strongly endorses smart growth and suggests the creation of a competitive grant program to encourage better planning. He also expresses his support for high speed rail, public transit, biking and walking, and electric cars, though those positions aren't always backed up with actionable initiatives.
November 2, 2010
Anti-Rail Candidates Take Aim at High Speed Dreams in the Midwest
In the latest installment of our series on key governor’s races, here's the news from Wisconsin and Ohio. Check out our previous coverage of California, Texas, Maryland, Colorado, and Tennessee. Let them serve as a reminder to vote on Tuesday.
October 29, 2010
High-Speed Rail vs. Low-Cost Bus
Last week I mentioned I was about to take Amtrak from DC to New York. Well, it cost over $200 (and there was nothing particularly "high speed" about that rail experience).
October 6, 2010
High-Speed Rail: Do We Have the Will?
Tomorrow morning, I’m getting on a train from Washington, DC to New York. It’s going to take me almost three-and-a-half hours to get there.
September 29, 2010
Siemens Takes Campaign for U.S. High-Speed Rail Straight to the Customer
What's the fastest way to travel between Los Angeles and the Bay Area? How about Tampa and Miami? Or Chicago and St. Louis?
August 17, 2010
Low Expectations for High-Speed Rail at NYU Conference
Skeptics and boosters of high-speed rail traded views at NYU this Wednesday at a conference notable for the low expectations expressed by many panelists. While the much-heralded potential of 200 mph trains was discussed at length, many speakers, particularly those close to the ground in New York, argued that true high-speed rail is a pipe dream or won't provide its promised benefits.
June 18, 2010
Expectations for High-Speed Rail Coming Down to Earth
Three months after the Obama administration announced the first winners of what it hopes will be the first of many federal grants to build U.S. high-speed rail networks, advocates and planners are settling in for a long battle to surmount the obstacles and unknowns that stand in the way of long-term bullet train development.
May 5, 2010
New Report Maps a High-Speed Rail Link For Every Major U.S. City
Now that the Obama administration has awarded $8 billion in high-speed rail grants to more than two dozen states, with $2.5 billion more coming soon, why not keep thinking big when it comes to bullet-train expansion?
February 9, 2010