High-speed rail Archives — Page 6 of 21

Can Shift in D.C. Get Trains into Transbay?

With Biden and Democrats in narrow control of the Senate, San Francisco is in a race to get cash for its next big transit project

Roger Rudick

January 12, 2021

Can Shift in D.C. Get Trains into Transbay?

Streetsblog San Francisco |GJEL

California HSR is Peachy

The state's rail modernization project is looking up thanks to Georgia's election results

Roger Rudick

January 6, 2021

Streetsblog San Francisco |GJEL

Sorry, Biden’s Still Great for Rail

Apparently, even when the train starts running, the Times's wreck-it-Ralph Vartabedian will find a way to give it a negative spin

Roger Rudick

November 17, 2020

Streetsblog San Francisco |GJEL

Biden Is Good News for High-Speed Rail

The President-elect loves rail, but he still needs the Senate to get it funded... and that may come down to results in the Peach State

Roger Rudick

November 9, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Accessibility

Report: We Really Need to Divert Money from Drivers to Transit Users

The federal government needs an entirely different way of funding transportation — one that would finally allocate billions of dollars that currently subsidize and encourage driving to fund and expand transit, a new report argues.

Gersh Kuntzman

September 10, 2020

Streetsblog San Francisco |GJEL

High-Speed Rail’s Potential 2020 Turning Point

2008 will be remembered as the year California voters launched America's first HSR project. And 2020 could be the year America decides to complete it.

Roger Rudick

July 14, 2020

High-speed rail

Friday’s Headlines From Around the Nation

High-speed rail, bike share and deracializing urban planning — all in today's headlines.

Blake Aued

May 22, 2020

California

Talking Headways Podcast: California High-Speed Rail’s Next Steps

A top official at the California High-Speed Rail Authority gives us an update on that mega-project — and also offers lessons on what engineers and planners have learned.