High-speed rail
Basics
Talking Headways Podcast: The California State Rail Plan
This week we’re listening in on a conversation hosted by Seamless Bay Area about the 2024 update to the California State Rail Plan.
April 10, 2025
What DOT Secretary Duffy has wrong about California High Speed Rail
The US spends 2-3 times more per project on highways than peer high income countries, and highway construction costs recently increased 50% in just two years. Is Secretary Duffy going to cancel all highway funding too until he figures out what's going on?
February 25, 2025
Commentary: It’s Time for Newsom to Bring it Home on High Speed Rail
Oil-funded, Trumpian Republicans long-ago decided to turn California's HSR project into a political football. If they want to play games, then it's long past time for California Democrats to stop jerking around and play to win.
February 6, 2025
Trump Turns Firehose of Disinformation on California High-Speed Rail
New administration, same BS.
February 5, 2025
CA Envisions a Zero-Emission, Connected Rail Network by 2050
And this time the CA State Rail Plan's vision for an electrified, connected network doesn't dismiss catenary wire out of hand.
January 7, 2025
New Video Shows Future CA High-Speed Rail Connection to Southern California
Watch the future of high speed rail in just four minutes.
December 16, 2024
Opinion: Asphalt Roads are Making our Heatwaves Worse and High-Speed Rail Is The Answer
We know about human-caused climate change, but we often overlook the role played by our car-centric transportation system. Better rail service can help.
August 5, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: Amtrak vs. Brightline in Ohio
Cleveland journalist Ken Prendergast on intercity passenger rail in greater Ohio and the competing interests of Brightline and Amtrak.
May 30, 2024
Brightline West Breaks Ground on Vegas to SoCal High-Speed Rail
Brightline West will be a 218-mile 186-mile-per-hour rail line from Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga — about 40 miles east of downtown L.A. — expected to open in 2028.
April 23, 2024
Calif. High-Speed Rail Takes a Step Towards Acquiring Trains
The contract calls for two prototype trainsets for testing to be delivered by 2028, and four trainsets to be used on the "early operating segment" between Merced and Bakersfield, ready between 2030 and 2033.
April 12, 2024
