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Rail Expert Reutter: CA and FL Deserve More HSR Funding
Mark Reutter, author of the industrial tome Making Steel and a veteran editor of Railroad History, can safely be called an expert on the train industry. And in a new memo for the Progressive Policy Institute, he is issuing a warning to the Obama administration on its high-profile push for high-speed rail.
February 18, 2010
White House Economic Report Touts TIGER, High-Speed Rail, Transit
The White House Council of Economic Advisers' first annual report under President Obama made headlines
today for its gloomy job-creation outlook, but tucked inside its 462
pages is a tangible reflection of a changed outlook on transportation
policy under the new administration.
February 12, 2010
US PIRG: How About High Speed Rail for Every Major 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
Pols, Media, Celebrate High Speed Rail Grant for California
In California, the state’s bid for a federal high-speed rail network with top speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour is often called the “only true” bullet train proposal on the table — and the Obama administration agreed today, bestowing $2.34 billion on the Golden State to the delight of lawmakers and rail advocates. Graphic: CHSRC … Continued
January 29, 2010
Feds Give $2.5 Billion for CA High Speed Rail. FL, WI and the Northwest Also Winners
(Editor's note: Get some local coverage at LAist and The Source.)
January 28, 2010
In the White House’s High-Speed Rail Chase, a First Likely Winner: Florida
The prediction that Rep. John Mica (R-FL) backtracked on last month is starting to come true: President Obama is headed for Florida on Thursday, and the state is all but certain that he's coming with $2.6 billion in federal stimulus funding for a new high-speed rail link between Tampa and Orlando.
January 25, 2010
CA One of Four Finalists for High Speed Rail?
That was the eyebrow-raising suggestion reported
by the Orlando Sentinel today after Rep. John Mica (R-FL) helped mark
the beginning of central Florida's commuter-rail era, made possible by
landmark legislation signed into state law this week.
December 21, 2009
House and Senate Agree on $2.5B for High-Speed Rail — And More
(Editor’s Note: At the end of Elana’s article, I’m attaching a statement by CALPIRG declaring partial victory) After lengthy negotiations, the House and Senate agreed last night on a massive “omnibus” spending bill [PDF] that includes $2.5 billion for high-speed rail — a compromise between the two chambers — as well as $150 million for … Continued
December 10, 2009
Get an HSR Routing Primer Before Scoping Hearings Begin Tomorrow
Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the plethora of meetings on various
projects such as the Crenshaw, Expo Phase II, Wilshire BRT, Harbor Subdivision,
Gold Line eastside Phase II, Westside Subway Extension, Regional
Connector now occurring or upcoming?
October 20, 2009
The Oversight Gap in Team Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan
The White House's economic stimulus law included several large new spending programs, from $4 billion for broadband to $2.4 billion for electric car batteries. But nothing has aroused so much interest -- and criticism -- as the $8 billion for American high-speed rail.
October 15, 2009