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San Francisco Bay Area transportation agencies and the California High-Speed Rail Authority are negotiating an agreement to electrify Caltrain and lay the path for bullet train service between San Francisco and San Jose.
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Bikeshare programs could be a component that municipalities, which are unveiling or revitalizing light rail transit systems, want to consider.
Read More →The upgrades are expected to be completed by the end of 2020, which is after the U.S. DOT’s deadline.
Read More →Expedited for Aug. 15 at the appeals court in San Francisco. However, the delayed project is still on schedule to resume construction in September after gaining approval of its archaeological surveys.
Read More →Valley Metro Rail’s new light rail line to run through city’s central business district.
Read More →“…there are some opponents who will never be convinced no matter how much evidence they are given. To those, give them the evidence — but then don’t waste your time any further.”
Read More →Out of 23 current railway projects, some 70% have been suspended, partly suspended or delayed. Having run up enormous debts, the Chinese Railways ministry is struggling to persuade banks to continue to finance its ambitions.
Read More →In addition to revenues from the general excise tax, now expected to be $3.3 billion over the next 20 years, the project shaved off $200 million from the cost officials reported in a financial plan submitted to the Federal Transit Administration.
Read More →Dan Richard, an appointee of Gov. Jerry Brown, discusses the project's $98 billion dollar price tag, its estimated ridership and whether it should move ahead at all.
Read More →A government report cited causes for the bullet train collision earlier this year and conceded that expansion of the network had gone too fast.
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