By Matt McFarland, CNN Business, Erie News Now; July 8, 2020 High-speed rail, long an afterthought in the United States,…
By David C. Lester, Managing Editor, RT&S Magazine; July 9. 2020 With the pandemic and social distancing on the minds…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; July 1, 2020 The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) earlier this week began the environmental…
By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, The Press Enterprise; July 1, 2020 A San Bernardino County transportation agency on…
By Bay City News, KRON 4; June 30, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (BCN) – BART said Tuesday that it is…
By Mick Akers, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 30, 2020 Virgin Trains USA’s high speed train plans got another boost after…
By Keeley Webster, The Bond Buyer; June 29, 2020 The California Infrastructure and Economic Bank approved a five-month extension for plans…
Editor’s Note: The commentary below is by Russ Jackson of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of California. Mr. Jackson is the…
By John Holland, The Modesto Bee; June 24, 2020 Rail planners are taking another step toward bringing the Altamont Corridor…
By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times; May 29, 2020 The future California bullet train’s passage from Burbank to Los Angeles would…
By David Zipper, Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, City Lab; April 30, 2020 Last year, the fiscal management…
By Margie Shafer, KCBS Radio; April 29, 2020 It was standing room only on Caltrain before the coronavirus outbreak. It’s…
By Bill Wilson, Editor-in-Chief, RT&S Magazine; April 23, 2020 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is taking unprecedented steps to increase…
By John Holland, The Modesto Bee; April 21, 2020 Modesto-area residents yearning for better passenger rail to Sacramento might want…
By Jennifer Iyer, Redlands Daily Facts; April 20, 2020 Work on a rail project connecting Redlands and San Bernardino is…
A press release from Amtrak Pacific Surfliner; April 22, 2020: Grant provides $38.7 million for the design and construction of…
By Mick Akers, Las Vegas Review-Journal; April 14, 2020 A California finance committee Tuesday unanimously approved the allocation of $600…
By Bill Wilson, Editor-in-Chief, RT&S Magazine; April 13, 2020 The earth keeps hitting itself, harder and harder. It’s a horrible…
By Bill Wilson, Editor-in-Chief, RT&S Magazine; April 8, 2020 With the COVID-19 continuing to drain the finances of transit agencies…
By Roger Rudick, Streetsblog SF; April 8, 2020 A planned top-to-bottom rebuild of San Jose’s main railway station could cost…
By Tom Cleary, heavy.com; April 2, 2020 Eduardo Moreno is a California man and train engineer at the Port of…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; April 1, 2020 The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) yesterday began seeking public input on…
By Jennifer Iyer, Redlands Daily Facts; March 23, 2020 Work on the Redlands Passenger Rail Project will continue, at least…
By John Holland, The Modesto Bee; March 21, 2020 The coronavirus has forced the Altamont Corridor Express to cut the…