High-Speed

The California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group—which the state legislature appointed to analyze funding for the rail system—questioned the California High-Speed Rail Authority's plan to start construction without any assurance of future funding from the federal government, among other factors.

California Train Plan Hits Bump Over Funds Vauhini Vara 2012

Last year Mayor Daley joined eight midwestern governors at a Midwest High-Speed Rail Summit signing a memorandum of understanding establishing a steering group to coordinate plans and lobbying for federal support.

Curtis Black: Which Way for O'Hare Express? Curtis Black 2010

The risk of litigation was a factor in selecting that starting point rather than one in a more populous area, said California High-Speed Rail Authority spokesman Jeffrey Barker.

Fast Train Hits Snags in Silicon Valley John Letzing 2011

For the remaining $2.7 billion, the California High-Speed Rail Authority has asked the state legislature to appropriate bond funds early this year.

California Train Plan Hits Bump Over Funds Vauhini Vara 2012

The lack of trains in places where trains don't belong will probably do more to discourage people from owning our children than covering the country in unnecessary rails, in spite of what Thomas the High-Speed Tank Engine -- or Joe Biden -- might say.

Joe Biden: 'They're gonna own our kids' without high-speed rail Alexandra Petri 2011

"The vast majority of people in those communities are staunchly in favor of building high-speed rail," said Rod Diridon Sr., who served on the High-Speed Rail Authority's board of directors for a decade until January.

Fast Train Hits Snags in Silicon Valley John Letzing 2011

Even that part is running into higher costs, project managers say, and the updated business plan from the California High-Speed Rail Authority is likely to include a higher price tag and a stretched-out construction timetable.

Plan for High-Speed Rail Just Inching Along Josh Mitchell 2011

The High-Speed Rail Authority is committed to building this project in a financially responsible manner.

Central Valley Start Is Ideal for Fast California Trains 2011

Some opponents suing the state's High-Speed Rail Authority would like to see the bullet train—designed to link San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours—killed entirely.

Fast Train Hits Snags in Silicon Valley John Letzing 2011

Michael Rossi of the California High-Speed Rail Authority Board is correct in describing himself as a dreamer ( Letters , Dec. 2), but for those of us who live in the real world, the high-speed train between Los Angeles and San Francisco (if it ever gets beyond Bakersfield and Fresno) is unnecessary and unaffordable.

Use Rail Money for Needed Projects 2011