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From Vision to Disillusionment: The Story of California’s High-Speed Rail
Quentin Kopp, who served as a California state senator in the 1980s, was one of the first to introduce the idea of high-speed rail to California. "There's a new kind ...
August 14, 2024
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Steve Ispas
Company Begins Hiring for High-Speed Rail Project Between Las Vegas and Los Angeles
After receiving approximately $3 billion in federal funding last month for a new high-speed railway system, Brightline West—an ...
January 17, 2024
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Micaela Ricaforte
NTSB Investigating 2 Brightline High Speed Train Crashes That Killed 3 People in Florida This Week
FORT LAUDERDALE Fla.—The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will investigate two crashes involving Florida's Brightline train ...
January 13, 2024
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The Associated Press
Why California’s High-Speed Rail Project Didn’t ‘Get Done’
Commentary A recent book takes up why the controversial California High-Speed Rail (HSR) project remains stalled at the ...
December 19, 2023
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John Seiler
Northern Leaders Call on Government Not to Cut HS2 Further
Failure to deliver HS2 will leave swathes of the north with Victorian transport infrastructure that is unfit for ...
September 27, 2023
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Evgenia Filimianova
MPs Raise Concerns Over Possible Axing of HS2 Northern Leg
During a heated House of Commons debate on Monday, MPs fired HS2 questions at the Under-Secretary of State ...
September 19, 2023
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Evgenia Filimianova
HS2 Chief Executive Resigns Amid Delays for High-Speed Rail Line
After six and a half years leading Britain’s new HS2 high-speed railway line, its chief executive has stepped ...
July 13, 2023
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Evgenia Filimianova
Alberta Considers New Commuter Rail Line Between Calgary and Edmonton
Alberta's new Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors David Dreeshen will be considering a provincially-operated commuter rail service ...
July 12, 2023
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Marnie Cathcart
High-Speed Rail Plans to Be Put on Track
Fast trains connecting Sydney to Newcastle and Melbourne to Brisbane could be more than a pipe dream under ...
September 7, 2022
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AAP
High-Speed Rail: Boondoggle of Boondoggles
Commentary When the $10 billion high-speed rail bond was on the ballot in 2008 and being pushed by ...
August 25, 2022
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John Seiler
California High-Speed Rail Boondoggle Cost Soars to $105 Billion
Commentary I’ll give California's high-speed rail project one thing. For 14 years, it’s given me something to write ...
February 11, 2022
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John Seiler
Newsom Needs More Money for His Bullet Train to Nowhere
Commentary Governor Gavin Newsom’s bullet train project from Merced to Bakersfield makes so little sense that members of ...
February 7, 2022
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James Breslo
The Choo-Choo Boondoggle That Wouldn’t Die
Commentary It’s alive. The California High-Speed Rail boondoggle, that is. In explaining parts of his new budget proposal, ...
January 18, 2022
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John Seiler
‘Let’s Be Real’: High-Speed Freeway Lanes in California
Commentary Of all the bills I introduced while serving for six years in the California State Senate, the ...
December 16, 2021
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John Moorlach
Burbank-to-LA High-Speed Rail Environmental Report Released
LOS ANGELES—Touting the move as bringing high-speed train service a step closer to Los Angeles, the California High-Speed ...
November 5, 2021
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City News Service
Controversial High-Speed Rail Project Negatively Affecting California Agriculture, Lawyer Says
The California high-speed bullet train is disrupting farming operations in one of the most productive agricultural areas of ...
September 26, 2019
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Chris Karr
California Lawmaker Proposes Highway Lanes With No Speed Limit
Drivers in California might be allowed to drive whatever speed they like in lanes on two major highways in ...
March 6, 2019
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Zach Li
California Activist Calls on Gov. Newsom to Stop High-Speed Rail Project
An activist in California is calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop the state’s high-speed rail project in response ...
February 28, 2019
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Nathan Su
Trump Demands California Return $3.5 Billion From Abandoned Bullet Train
President Donald Trump said that California should return the $3.5 billion it spent on a bullet train project ...
February 14, 2019
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Zachary Stieber
China’s High-Speed Rail System Has a Huge Fiscal Problem
Zhao Jian, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University and railway expert, recently expressed alarm at the unsustainable finances ...
January 31, 2019
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Nicole Hao
Russian Officials Voice Concerns About Chinese-Funded Rail Line
Russia is strongly questioning a railway project that it previously agreed to build with China. The proposed Moscow–Kazan ...
January 1, 2019
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Frank Fang
Californians Discuss Gas Tax-Repeal Initiative Ahead of November Vote
California voters will soon have an opportunity to decide whether to roll back a year-old gasoline-tax increase that ...
October 4, 2018
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Mandy Huang
California High-Speed Rail Faces Disapproval as Costs Rise
California’s high-speed rail project has faced increasing criticism recently by lawmakers and independent observers due to its extremely ...
September 27, 2018
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Jehman Clifford
California Gas Tax Repeal Supporters Propose Ending High Speed Rail
Supporters of the effort to repeal California's 2017 gas tax in November have proposed another ballot initiative to ...
September 26, 2018
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Zach Li
California Controller Candidate Konstantinos Roditis Wants to Save Californians Over $100 Billion
California is known for its sunshine, nice weather, and high taxes, among many other things. State controller candidate ...
July 30, 2018
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Mandy Huang
China Uncensored: China’s High-Speed Rail to US, Germany, and More
Forget airplanes—trains are the future! Think about it, would you rather sit in some whirlybird deathtrap, or ride ...
May 19, 2014
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Chris Chappell
China Uncensored: China’s Underwater Train to America
A few years ago, China's high-speed rail seemed poised to be a shining global leader into the future ...
May 18, 2014
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Epoch Times Staff
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