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A "low-cost" plan for California bullet train brings $800 million in overruns, big delays

Seven years after awarding a low-bid high-speed rail contract to a Spanish firm, California is paying.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesFeb 22nd, 2021

Trump administration revokes California"s unspent high-speed rail grant, threatening project"s future

The Federal Railroad Administration has told the California High-Speed Rail Authority that it is canceling a nearly $1 billion grant the FRA awarded the project nearly a decade ago. The decision that could end construction of the state's bullet trai.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 16th, 2019

Bullet train CEO has new plan to reach Bay Area

Brian Kelly, back to work after a six-month medical leave, is trying to pull California's high-speed rail project back from the brink of extinction......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 5th, 2019

Local firms get piece of state"s high-speed rail project

While California's bullet train has hit multiple obstacles, the project is still boosting the bottom line of several local companies......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 13th, 2018

Bullet Train Extends Beijing"s Reach Into Hong Kong

A new high-speed rail station promises more-rapid journeys between the financial hub and mainland China, but brings Beijing’s legal reach into Hong Kong for the first time......»»

Category: topSource: wsjSep 23rd, 2018

Here’s when DFW"s bullet train, hyperloop, driverless cars and flying taxis are set to take off

If you don’t think of North Texas as being on the cutting edge of transportation, consider this: HIGH-SPEED RAIL The 200 mph Texas Bullet Train between Dallas and Houston is set to be the first project of its type in the nation. The project in.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsOct 7th, 2018

German high-speed rail line to be closed for days after fire

Germany's national railway says the high-speed line between Frankfurt and Cologne, a major travel artery, is expected to remain closed until the end of the week after a train caught fire on Friday......»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsOct 14th, 2018

Newsom victory has implications for California high-speed rail

In Democrat Gavin Newsom’s comfortable victory, California’s bullet train project likely dodged another fatal projectile......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 7th, 2018

State bullet train audit blames rail authority for cost overruns and mismanagement

State auditor: “This report concludes that the (California High-Speed Rail) Authority’s flawed decision .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 15th, 2018

Could high-speed rail ease California"s housing crisis? See Japan

A UCLA study says that bullet trains between Tokyo and Osaka helped reduce housing prices. Would that work for San Francisco and Los Angeles?.....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralJan 26th, 2019

Bay Area leaders hold out hope for "Valley to Valley" high-speed rail connection

Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement Tuesday that he is drastically scaling back the vision for California's high-speed bullet train to focus on the Central Valley throws San Jose's future as a connection for the project into limbo. Newsom on Tuesday.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 13th, 2019

Caitlyn Jenner told Sean Hannity she doesn"t think California needs to fund a high-speed rail: "I can get on a plane at LAX and I"ll be in San Francisco in 50 minutes"

Jenner, a Republican, is running again.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMay 6th, 2021

40 Under 40 2021: Jeff Whitworth

With a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Whitworth worked as the lead principal investigator on the Gate City Research Network, which is a high-speed network that connects UNCG and N.C. A&T State University to the scientific community......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 23rd, 2021

Amtrak"s $80 billion plan to connect the US is the latest step in a rail revolution but has a glaring omission: high-speed rail

Amtrak may be decades away from focusing on true high-speed rail as it plans to spend Biden's $80 billion on repairing its languishing network. Amtrak's Acela service runs between Washington D.C., New York City.....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytApr 10th, 2021

California High-Speed Rail affirms support for Central Valley line in revised business plan

The authority's plan calls for finishing a 171-mile Merced-Fresno-Bakersfield line by the end of the decade......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 25th, 2021

How the 700 mph hyperloop concept could become the fastest way to travel

Elon Musk introduced the concept of the hyperloop in 2013. Here's where we are in hyperloop development. Countries in Europe and Asia are filled with high-speed bullet trains, bringing passengers between cities within 2.5 hou.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderDec 23rd, 2020

Texas Central wins key legal decision for high-speed rail project, setting up potential Texas Supreme Court showdown

The Dallas to Houston high-speed rail project won a key legal battle Thursday. Up next? Potentially the Texas Supreme Court......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 7th, 2020

Future of Dallas to Houston high-speed rail project uncertain

JEWETT — Jim Miles can’t work the land any more. The stroke he suffered on Halloween in 2018 robbed him of his ability to personally tend the ranch he owns located nearly two hours south of Dallas. Beyond a line of grazing cattle, deer can hazily.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 15th, 2020

Skanska joins next generation train team

Skanska has signed a contract with Amtrak to rehabilitate and restore maintenance facilities for the Next Generation Acela 21 high-speed rail s.....»»

Category: realestateSource: realestateweeklyApr 15th, 2020

Gov. Newsom"s top economic adviser and high-speed rail chair resigns

No reason was given for the sudden resignation......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 13th, 2020