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Archive for the ‘High Speed Rail’ Category

Recent $8.1 billion allocation for rail projects should stir some interest in 2024

Monday, December 18th, 2023

by Mary Scott Nabers Last week, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced $8.1 billion in funding for passenger rail projects. The funding is a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act that Congress passed several years ago, but the funding now is flowing aggressively. This type of historic support is facilitating an abundance of rail projects […]

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New funding announced for upcoming infrastructure projects

Friday, September 29th, 2023

by Mary Scott Nabers The federal government just allocated $1.4 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act to support rail infrastructure projects nationwide. Seventy projects in 35 states and Washington, D.C., are recipients of the funding. This year’s allocation is the largest that has ever been dispensed partly because of disruptions in the supply chain caused by […]

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US High-Speed Rail Association Conference: Shaping the Future of Transportation

Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
US High Speed Rail Association Conference Banner

What: USHSR High Speed Rail Conference 2023 Where: 1501 K Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20005 When: May 16-17, 2023 The US High-Speed Rail Association (USHSR) Conference is set to bring together experts, leaders, and policymakers to discuss the latest developments in high-speed rail. The conference serves as a platform for exchanging ideas, fostering collaboration, and […]

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House T&I Committee Advances $10 Billion for HSR

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA)

In advocating for the California project specifically, Moulton noted that the San Francisco to L.A. line would offer much more frequent—and affordable—service than the airlines. 

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ACEC’S ENGINEERING, INC. – Rail Acceleration

Thursday, January 17th, 2019

High-speed rail in the United States came of age in 2018. Over the past three decades, high-speed rail (HSR) made the painfully slow transformation from pipe dream to the next big thing. But is it more like the train to nowhere?

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Moving people and freight at 800 miles an hour? Really?

Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
Hyperloop Cutaway

Have you heard about “vehicles” that zip passengers to their destinations at speeds of nearly 800 miles per hour? At that speed, one could travel the 240 miles from Dallas to Austin in 15 minutes, make the 380-mile trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco in half an hour and the 235-mile trip between Miami and Orlando in 26 minutes. This mode of transportation is called hyperloop, and operates by ferrying passengers from one location to another through frictionless pneumatic tubes.

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February 28 – March 2, Los Angeles, CA: USHSR West Coast Rail Conference

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
2017 West Coast Rail Conference

$180 Billion in projects, new studies, construction news, project announcements, new procurement schedule, P3s and much more! Join the movers and shakers bringing rail to America at the 2017 West Coast Rail Conference.

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Inside Illinois DOT: High-Speed Rail

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn gives an update on high-speed rail project improvements in Illinois in this edition of Inside IDOT.

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International Lessons for Promoting Transit Connections to High-Speed Rail Systems

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
Figure 1. Number of Urban Bus Lines vs. Population ÷ Number of HSR Stations

MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
The California High-Speed Rail (HSR) project has matured to the point that initial design of segments in the Central Valley was started in 2014, beginning the long process of completing the California HSR program. One significant concern that many communities involved in, or affected by, the California HSR project have is how to connect the new HSR passenger services to local urban transport, such as bus and light rail. The route and stations for the first segment of the HSR system are well known, but many questions remain about how HSR will be integrated into the existing (and future) California transportation system.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Henry Petroski, Historian & Author of The Road Taken: The History and Future of America’s Infrastructure

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016
Henry Petroski Professor of Civil Engineering in Pratt School of Engineering

Henry Petroski is an Aleksandar C. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering at Duke University, as well as an author and historian. His most recent book is titled The Road Taken: The History and Future of America’s Infrastructure.

Roads that aren’t paved correctly should not be paid for. They should be redone. If we have something, work done in our house and it’s not done right, we expect the contractor to redo it. We don’t just write another check. I believe unfortunately that too many times the government that represents the people and spends the people’s tax money does do just that.

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