Newsom Heads to D.C. as Trump Threatens Investigation Into High-Speed Rail
Governor Gavin Newsom is heading to Washington, D.C., to meet with the Trump administration in the aftermath of Southern California's deadly and destructive wildfires, while the president has threatened to investigate the state's high-speed rail project.
California high speed rail has $4.3B in unspent federal grants. Could Trump take it away?
What’s needed for San Francisco to LA to happen is we’re going to need the federal partner to say, ‘Get that done.’”
Trump has California’s high-speed rail in his crosshairs again
DOGE certainly has high-speed rail in its crosshairs. Before DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy stepped down to pursue a run for governor of Ohio, he called high-speed rail “a wasteful vanity project, burning billions in taxpayer cash, with little prospect for completion in the next decade… Time to end the waste.”
California high-speed rail project faces $6.5B shortfall, possible federal investigation
The California Office of the Inspector General warned that work on the initial segment could slip behind schedule.
California High Speed Rail Update on 2030 Target
California's high-speed rail project may not meet its deadlines for the first segment of track, according to a new report.
Trump pledges to investigate California high-speed rail. Is it actually over budget?
Trump and one of his key advisors, technology billionaire Elon Musk, have both been highly critical of the California High-Speed Rail Authority and its planned bullet-train project to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco by way of Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley.
Ted Cruz says he’s investigating California’s High-Speed Rail; this is what he’s done
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz says he has been investigating the California High-Speed Rail project, accusing the nation’s first publicly funded high-speed rail system of wasting taxpayer money and
President Trump says he plans to investigate California high-speed rail project
President Donald Trump said he intends to launch an investigation into California's high-speed rail project, calling it the "worst managed project" he's ever seen.
California High-Speed Rail Faces Its Most Crucial Year
California's high-speed rail risks running out of funds as the new presidential administration does not support the project.
Inspector General and President Trump deal new setbacks to high-speed rail boondoggle
Given the project’s track record of delays and the likelihood that high-speed rail will lose money from operations in the Central Valley, why would any private investor step up?
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High-Speed Rail Announces Completion of Fargo Avenue Overcrossing in Kings County
February 10, 2025 - KINGS COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is kicking off the new year ...
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High-speed rail from Pittsburgh is possible, says Rep. Deluzio
Pittsburghers should set their sights on high-speed rail zooming out of the Steel City, said Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris ...
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Restructured Calif. High-Speed Rail Is Poised to Lay Track
Crews are building this viaduct near Hanford on a troubled 65-mile segment of California’s planned high-speed rail line, one of numerous changes by a state contractor that has increased the ...
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Kerala govt ropes in Metro Man to plan new high-speed rail replacing proposed SilverLine
Sreedharan had met with the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, expressing his willingness to provide technical expertise for ...
High Speed Rail/ Bullet Train Market to Reach $98.9 Billion, Globally, by 2033 at 6.2% CAGR: Allied Market Research
High Speed Rail/ Bullet Train Market to Reach $98.9 Billion, Globally, by 2033 at 6.2% CAGR: Allied Market ResearchWilmington, New Castle, Delaware , Feb. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The high-speed ...
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China's new train aims to travel over 600 miles per hour — here's how it could set new standards for high-speed transportation
Flight's incredible speed is its magnetic levitation technology. China's new train aims to travel over 600 miles per hour — ...
Planning a Train Trip in Europe? New Sleeper Trains and High-Speed Routes Await.
European passenger rail travel continues to expand, with a flurry of new routes opening and competition heating up on key ...