Por: Slate Business July 23, 2024
It has been a miserable summer for Amtrak, whose failing infrastructure has stranded tens of thousands of travelers in and around the Northeast Corridor in recent weeks. The results: Pricey last-minute airfares, 60-mile Uber rides, missed commitments. And the return of that eternal refrain: What if America, like our peers in China, Japan, France, Spain, Morocco, and Uzbekistan (the ), could have a functioning high-speed rail network? What would... + full article
Fox News USA Politics December 11, 2023
The more than $3 billion in federal taxpayer funds for the state's high-speed rail project which was first approved 15 years ago and has since faced unprecedented delays and been dramatically downsized. The White House announced $3.07 billion in additional federal funding... + más
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NBC News USA Business December 09, 2023
The Department of Transportation announced more than $6 billion in grant funding for high-speed rail projects this week. The money comes amid ongoing support for a technology that has also encountered concerns about its costs. Brightline West, an affiliate of Florida’s... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Nation December 06, 2023
A high-speed rail project between the Inland Empire and Las Vegas landed a $3-billion federal grant that sets it on track to be open by 2028, in time for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, officials said Tuesday. Brightline, a private company that completed the final phase of the... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation May 31, 2023
Area leaders are pushing the Legislature to approve a $50 million bond issue to bolster rail service in Maine for passengers and freight. “It is important that we take steps now to create the future we want to see and eventually will need to face,” former state Rep. Roger... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Opinion March 30, 2023
During the recent election season, the California high-speed rail project came under attack once again, with candidates vowing to defund it. Let's focus on real job creation, said GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari in one television commercial, as he smashed a toy... + más
ABC News USA Business November 30, 2022
Hundreds of thousands of rail workers stand on the brink of a nationwide that would paralyze the U.S. supply chain and passenger rail service ahead of the busy holiday season.Let me be clear: a rail shutdown would devastate our economy, President Joe Biden on Monday. Without... + más
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The Hill USA Business September 24, 2022
The prospect of the first rail strike in the U.S. in 30 years had a lot of people worried. According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), railroads carry 28 percent of all freight in the U.S., and a disruption to service would have cost more than $2 billion per day in... + más
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