#Rail

China, Japan set to sign up to 30 joint ventures in foreign infrastructure markets

Rail superpowers Japan and China are to go ahead with long-discussed moves to cooperate on overseas infrastructure projects, with...

High-Speed Rail CEO: People Will Ask How They Lived Without It

High-speed rail will reduce travel times between major California cities. That is the belief of the bullet-train authority’s CEO Brian P....

High-speed rail officials update public on Burbank-to-L.A. section of project

The proposed Burbank to Los Angeles section of the state high-speed rail project is still projected to be built alongside the existing...

AAR: August 'very good' for U.S. rail traffic

U.S. rail traffic rose 4.5 percent in August compared with the same month a year ago, according to Association of American Railroads'...

High Speed Rail in the US: Myth or Near-Future Possibility?

In Europe, Asia and much of the developed world, high speed rail is convenient and accessible. Whether for business or pleasure,...

Ellis County residents express new concerns as high-speed rail project moves forward

Residents expressed growing concerns — some new and some old — surrounding the proposed high-speed rail project that plans to carve a...

High-speed rail in America: Tracks to the future

Karen Philbrick, Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute at San José State University, explores the benefits that...

Automobiles, planes, and—oh yes—trains

Passenger trains don’t operate in a vacuum. They compete for business against air and motor vehicles. The results of the competition are...

AAR: U.S. carloads, intermodal traffic up in Week 21

U.S. railroads moved 565,502 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending May 26, marking a 4.4 percent increase over the same...

APTA to Trump: Use rescinded funds for rail, bus repairs

President Donald Trump has proposed rescinding $279 million of prior-year surface transportation funding, including $100 million of...