High-speed rail
Basics
Opinion: Slow Transportation Should Be a Human Right
American culture, and particularly American transportation culture, is profoundly rooted in the idea that traveling fast is best — because if we don't, that culture insists, we won't be able to make or spend money efficiently enough to retain our position as a global economic superpower.
But it doesn't have to be that way — and we don't have to live in a dromocracy. Here's why.
August 12, 2022
Advocates: Cutting High Speed Rail Out of Climate Bill Was a Mistake
The Democrats' decision to axe high speed rail from the climate bill has some advocates wondering what it will take for lawmakers to finally understand the environmentally transformative potential of the mode.
August 3, 2022
Progress on California’s High-Speed Rail
Some people are beginning to notice that the project is actually happening
May 12, 2022
Manchin Machinations Seem Promising for Bullet Train
Funding to the tune of $66 billion was allotted for Amtrak and other forms of passenger rail in the national infrastructure bill signed last year. Will California's bullet train will get the cash it needs to move forward?
March 8, 2022
Reality Overtakes Hyperloop
News broke over the weekend that Virgin Hyperloop has let almost half of its staff go, making over a hundred employees redundant.
The company is ostensibly turning from passenger goals to freight. But what exactly is the market for 700 mph ground freight?
February 22, 2022
Feds Pass Downpayment for Next Phase of California High-Speed Rail
The negotiations continue in D.C., but money for additional legs of California's projects should be available soon--if L.A.'s politicians get out of the way
November 8, 2021
SPUR Talk: Bullet Trains and Big Cities
A look at how high-speed rail could help transform large metropolitan areas
October 26, 2021
Commentary: the High-Speed Rail Transformation has Begun
High speed rail is coming. Check out a bit of the history.
October 7, 2021
SFO Gets Environmental Award for “Transit” Project that Prioritizes Driving
San Francisco's airport received a “Gold” certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council late last week for extending its people mover train to a giant parking garage
September 28, 2021
Feds Prep $10 Billion More for High-Speed Rail
And anti-HSR legislator Anthony Rendon goes on NBC Bay Area to defend his moves to try and kill the project
September 13, 2021
