April - 2018

Senior Senate Appropriator Collins Sounds Alarm on Highway Trust Fund

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees transportation programs, warned that the Trump...

House rail subcommittee hears from industry stakeholders

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials yesterday held a...

Elon Musk said he'll try to break the Hyperloop speed record 'soon'

The current Hyperloop speed record is 240 mph On Sunday, Elon Musk said on Twitter that he plans to test a Tesla and SpaceX-branded...

High speed rail vote: Don’t let the train leave without Fort Worth

The region’s transportation planning group is on the verge of taking a vote which will determine whether Fort Worth becomes a central...

Shanghai Keolis Runs First Fully Automated Metro Line in Shanghai

On 31 March 2018, a new fully automated metro line was added to the Shanghai metro network. Shanghai Keolis, a joint venture between the...

Letter to the editor: Using farm land for high-speed rail

April 3,2018- A special thank you to the Telegram for printing the March 6 comprehensive article regarding the proposed high speed train...

Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail plan will make Texas' I-35 corridor a loser, competitor says

One of the world's largest train operators says that its proposal of a passenger rail network that includes the Interstate 35 corridor...

Op-Ed: Texans should be wary of bullet train proposal

This opinion piece was written by Alain Leray, president and CEO of SNCF America Inc., which is France's national state-owned railway...

Lawmakers Skeptical About $77 Billion High-Speed Rail Completion

APRIL 2, 2018- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – High-speed rail executives asked skeptical lawmakers Monday to provide more stable, long-term...

$127 Million Savannah Port Rail Hub Expected to Take 200,000 Trucks Off State’s Freeways

Across a highway from the gates to the Port of Savannah, crews have cleared trees and driven pilings into the sandy soil to support...