February - 2019

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A Retrospective on High Speed Rail: Always Off the Track

Twenty years ago I was Executive Director of the San Bernardino Transportation Commission and had the opportunity to spend three weeks at...

Virgin Trains USA calls off IPO

Virgin Trains USA, formerly known as Brightline, has shelved a previously announced plan for an initial public offering (IPO). "As we...

California Gov. Newsom puts the brakes on LA-to-San Francisco rail line

Shown: A portion of the high-speed rail project under construction last month. Photo – California High-Speed Rail Authority's Flickr...

Leon County residents celebrate judge's ruling on proposed bullet train

Brazos Valley residents fighting a high-speed rail project are calling the latest court decision a victory. But the private train...

Opinion: Bipartisan solutions needed to modernize infrastructure

Our nation’s infrastructure is the backbone of our economy. Roads, rails, highways, and bridges move the people and products that makes...

No, Passenger Trains Don’t Work in Europe & Asia Either

On January 23, the Wall Street Journal reviewed my recent book, Romance of the Rails, calling it an “exhaustively researched exploration...

Harris takes aim at high-speed rail project

State Rep. Cody Harris (R-Palestine) is taking aim at a planned high-speed rail project from Dallas to Houston. Harris has introduced...

High Speed Rail Will Take People out of Electric Cars?

An editorial from the ExxonMobil and Koch-funded Reason Foundation made the rounds this morning with the claim that “High-speed rail...

Infrastructure fizzles in State of the Union address

President Donald Trump's State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress Feb. 5 was light, at best, on details about an...

Uber's app integrates transit in first-of-its-kind partnership with RTD

The Regional Transportation District (RTD) of Denver and Uber have partnered on the first in-app integration of transit options. This...