High Speed Rail

17 Years Later, California High-Speed Rail Leaders Sound Alarm Over Project Funding

Leaders of California’s high speed-rail project are sounding the alarm on the project’s financial future after nearly 20 years of…

1 month ago

Biden Admin Gives Millions To High-Speed Rail Project That Has Been Stalled For Years

The Biden administration granted over $60 million to Amtrak for a stalled Texas high-speed rail project that is failing to…

9 months ago

Building A Few Miles Of California Railway Currently Projected To Cost More Than NASA Mars Mission

A project to extend a California railway by six miles may end up costing more than a National Aeronautics and…

1 year ago

California’s High-Speed Rail Isn’t Built, But It Is Putting Money In Unions’ Coffers

Democratic officials are throwing billions at California high-speed rail projects that have yet to be built, funding thousands of jobs…

1 year ago

America’s Obsolete Infrastructure Could Derail Biden’s High-Speed Rail Dreams

America’s dated railway infrastructure could disrupt President Joe Biden’s hopes for high-speed rail to become a “game-changing” opportunity to reduce…

2 years ago

Foreign Railway Company Decided Not To Build In California Because It’s More ‘Politically Dysfunctional’ Than Morocco

A French state-owned railway company tried to build a high-speed railway in California but abandoned the project in 2011 and…

3 years ago

Failed Obama Rail Project Collapses, Nigeria Purchases Unused Trains

A Nigerian city purchased two trains intended for a high-speed rail line in Wisconsin more than a decade after the…

3 years ago

Biden Administration Restores $1 Billion For California’s ‘Train To Nowhere’

The federal government restored $1 billion in funding for California’s much-criticized bullet train project that critics have dubbed the “train…

4 years ago

Trump Strips California Of $930 Million In High-Speed Rail Funding

The Trump administration will terminate its agreement with California to fund the state’s struggling high-speed rail project, the Federal Railroad…

6 years ago

Trump administration cancels $929 million for CA high-speed rail, seeks return of $2.5 billion already invested [full text of letter]

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced today that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) intends to cancel $929 million in…

6 years ago

Green Means Stop – A.F. Branco Cartoon

High-speed rail projects are collapsing across the country, as the Green New Deal is asking for more rail projects and…

6 years ago

Trump Admin Weighs Risk To ‘Significant Federal Funds’ Tied Up In California’s Bullet Train

The Trump administration is weighing the risk to a “significant” amount of federal funds tied up in California’s high-speed rail…

6 years ago

Bait-and-switch and Sunk Cost Fallacy: Newsom tricking taxpayers out of more money for high-speed rail

California Governor Newsome made statements Tuesday indicating that the full high-speed train line between Sacramento and San Diego "would cost…

6 years ago

California Gov Ditches High Speed Rail Project, Cites Hefty Price Tag

California Gov. Gavin Newsom abandoned a high speed rail project Tuesday that sought to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco.…

6 years ago

WTF – High Speed Rail to Nowhere

Winning The Future, anyone remember that one? That was President Obama's scheme to rebuild the American economy on among other…

13 years ago