High Speed Rail
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White House Watch
Biden Admin Gives Millions To High-Speed Rail Project That Has Been Stalled For Years
The Biden administration granted over $60 million to Amtrak for a stalled Texas high-speed rail project that is failing to…
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In The News
Building A Few Miles Of California Railway Currently Projected To Cost More Than NASA Mars Mission
A project to extend a California railway by six miles may end up costing more than a National Aeronautics and…
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In The News
California’s High-Speed Rail Isn’t Built, But It Is Putting Money In Unions’ Coffers
Democratic officials are throwing billions at California high-speed rail projects that have yet to be built, funding thousands of jobs…
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In The News
America’s Obsolete Infrastructure Could Derail Biden’s High-Speed Rail Dreams
America’s dated railway infrastructure could disrupt President Joe Biden’s hopes for high-speed rail to become a “game-changing” opportunity to reduce…
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In The News
Foreign Railway Company Decided Not To Build In California Because It’s More ‘Politically Dysfunctional’ Than Morocco
A French state-owned railway company tried to build a high-speed railway in California but abandoned the project in 2011 and…
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In The News
Failed Obama Rail Project Collapses, Nigeria Purchases Unused Trains
A Nigerian city purchased two trains intended for a high-speed rail line in Wisconsin more than a decade after the…
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Biden Administration Restores $1 Billion For California’s ‘Train To Nowhere’
The federal government restored $1 billion in funding for California’s much-criticized bullet train project that critics have dubbed the “train…
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US News
Trump Strips California Of $930 Million In High-Speed Rail Funding
The Trump administration will terminate its agreement with California to fund the state’s struggling high-speed rail project, the Federal Railroad…
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Money & The Economy
Trump administration cancels $929 million for CA high-speed rail, seeks return of $2.5 billion already invested [full text of letter]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced today that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) intends to cancel $929 million in…
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Editorial Cartoons
Green Means Stop – A.F. Branco Cartoon
High-speed rail projects are collapsing across the country, as the Green New Deal is asking for more rail projects and…
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US News
Trump Admin Weighs Risk To ‘Significant Federal Funds’ Tied Up In California’s Bullet Train
The Trump administration is weighing the risk to a “significant” amount of federal funds tied up in California’s high-speed rail…
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Opinion
Bait-and-switch and Sunk Cost Fallacy: Newsom tricking taxpayers out of more money for high-speed rail
California Governor Newsome made statements Tuesday indicating that the full high-speed train line between Sacramento and San Diego “would cost…
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US News
California Gov Ditches High Speed Rail Project, Cites Hefty Price Tag
California Gov. Gavin Newsom abandoned a high speed rail project Tuesday that sought to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco.…
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WTF – High Speed Rail to Nowhere
Winning The Future, anyone remember that one? That was President Obama’s scheme to rebuild the American economy on among other…
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