Issue / High-Speed Rail
Texas Central HSR Project Wins Eminent Domain Case
Jun 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe Texas Supreme Court on June 24 ruled, in a 5 to 3 opinion, that the private Texas Central high-speed rail project from Dallas to...
FRA Establishes CIG-Like “Pipeline” for Intercity Rail Corridors
May 20, 2022 | Jeff DavisLast Friday, the Federal Railroad Administration published a notice establishing a program to provide periodic evaluation of potential...
Guest Op-Ed: Fast Trains for All
Apr 01, 2022 | Paige MalottIn the U.S., the Pacific Northwest has reached a tipping point where expanding its mobility choices to include high speed rail is...
California’s Ambitious High-Speed Rail at a Crossroads
Mar 13, 2022 | Jeff DavisCalifornia’s high-speed rail will “get some federal funding now that there’s a Democratic administration in place and the...
HSR, Transit Funding in Reconciliation May Rely on 5-Year Cutoff, “Tapered Match” Grants
Oct 29, 2021 | Jeff DavisIn the Byzantine budget reconciliation process, one of the big prohibitions is that each committee's contribution to the bill has to be...
House Hearing Shows Partisan Divide on High-Speed Rail
May 07, 2021 | Jeff DavisA hearing before the House Railroads Subcommittee yesterday revealed sharp partisan division over high-speed rail in general and over...
California Rail Authority Postpones New Business Plan Amidst Downsizing Discussions
Jun 26, 2020 | Jeff DavisAfter canceling its scheduled May meeting, the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) Board of Directors met yesterday, but...
FRA Cancels $929M California High Speed Rail Grant
May 17, 2019 | Jeff DavisMay 17, 2019 Yesterday, the Federal Railroad Administration formally notified the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) that...
Newsom Team Releases Revised California High Speed Rail Plan
May 02, 2019 | Jeff DavisMay 2, 2019 The new chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) yesterday released a project status update that...
California HSR Authority Responds to FRA Attempt to Cancel Their Grant
Mar 08, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 8, 2019 On March 4, the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) issued a formal response to the Federal Railroad...
Infrastructure and Climate Change – Balancing Government Dollars vs Market-Based Solutions
Mar 01, 2019 | Brianne Eby and Hayley BurtonMarch 1, 2019 On February 26, the full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing entitled, “Examining How...
Population Density and High-Speed Rail
Mar 01, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 1, 2019 With the recent decision of the Governor of California to slow down (at a minimum) plans for construction of the...