California, high speed rail

High-Speed Rail project still supported by majority of Californians, polling shows
A recent poll commissioned by KTLA parent company Nexstar Media found that 54% of Californians still support state funding for the California High-Speed Rail project, despite concerns over its budget and timeline.
Is it the end of the line for California’s high speed rail project?
California taxpayers will be watching to see if HSR’s special interest supporters try to repurpose other state funds to keep the high-speed rail project on life support.
California high speed rail has $4.3B in unspent federal grants. Could Trump take it away?
What’s needed for San Francisco to LA to happen is we’re going to need the federal partner to say, ‘Get that done.’”
What California got wrong and Florida got right with high-speed rail
California promised a rail line for $33 billion. The project is over budget and faces long delays, with no destination in sight
California Republican lawmakers sign letter backing high-speed rail project probe
President Trump and Republican California lawmakers seized on a new report from the project’s inspector general indicating the project likely will not meet a key timeline goal.
Trump has California’s high-speed rail in his crosshairs again
DOGE certainly has high-speed rail in its crosshairs. Before DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy stepped down to pursue a run for governor of Ohio, he called high-speed rail “a wasteful vanity project, burning billions in taxpayer cash, with little prospect for completion in the next decade… Time to end the waste.”
California High Speed Rail Update on 2030 Target
California's high-speed rail project may not meet its deadlines for the first segment of track, according to a new report.
Trump pledges to investigate California high-speed rail. Is it actually over budget?
Trump and one of his key advisors, technology billionaire Elon Musk, have both been highly critical of the California High-Speed Rail Authority and its planned bullet-train project to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco by way of Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley.
California high-speed rail project faces $6.5B shortfall, possible federal investigation
The California Office of the Inspector General warned that work on the initial segment could slip behind schedule.
WA officials: Lessons to be learned from California’s high speed rail ‘disaster’
() - As California’s high speed rail project lays its first tracks after spending billions of dollars since 2006, Washington officials are already looking at lessons to be
California Republicans urge Trump’s probe of state’s high-speed rail project
California Republicans sent a letter to President Donald Trump late last week supporting his probe into the state’s high-speed rail project. “We owe it to Californians to carefully examine the viability of this project and hold the HSRA (High-Speed Rail Authority) accountable,
Trudeau government to announce high-speed rail plans from Toronto to Quebec City: sources
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Transport Minister Anita Anand were slated to make an announcement Wednesday which two ...
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High-speed rail line is a mirage
Watching “Wicked” gave me pause to ponder the viability of the train depicted in the film ever being created as an attraction at a ...
Brazos Valley leaders meet with lawmakers to oppose federal funding for high-speed rail
Brazos Valley leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., last week as part of the Brazos Valley Council of Governments (BVCOG) to ...
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China’s CR450 Sets New Standards for High-Speed Rail
China is set to redefine high-speed rail travel with the introduction of the CR450, the world’s fastest conventional train, ...
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Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 30 minutes by high-speed rail
And then there’s the high-speed Etihad Rail service, which ER says will reach speeds up to 350km/h and run at reduce the ...
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China unveils two groundbreaking projects that drastically slash travel times — and they're packed with cutting-edge tech
The plan to make sure as much of the country is accessible by high-speed rail as possible is well underway. China unveils two ...
The new high speed train set to connect Turkey to Europe in just three hours
A GROUNDBREAKING new rail project will connect passengers in Turkey to Europe in just three hours. The Turkish government is testing a fresh high-speed link between Istanbul and the EU border.
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Lantern festival crowds overwhelm transportation
Massive crowds at the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taoyuan on Saturday overwhelmed local transit systems, resulting in ...