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California wants Florida’s high speed rail stimulus money. Not some, not half, but ALL the money: The California High-Speed Rail Authority on Wednesday voted unanimously to apply for all of the high-speed rail funding recently returned to the federal government by the state of Florida…. If California can capture Florida’s share, crews could link Merced [...]
Not long after he rejected high speed rail funding – resulting in a $624 million windfall for California (along with funds rejected by Ohio), Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker now wants federal money to improve trains after all: Less than half a year after rejecting federal funds to build a high-speed rail connecting Milwaukee to Madison, [...]
The Vegas-to-Victorville (and eventually to Palmdale and LA Union Station) DesertXpress high speed rail project has gotten one step closer to construction, with the completion of the Final Environmental Impact Statement. Comments on the Final EIS will begin on April 1 and will be accepted until May 2. Senator Harry Reid and US Transportation Secretary [...]
Anti-rail governor Rick Scott won his case in court this morning, as the Florida Supreme Court ruled he had the power to reject $2.4 billion in federal high speed rail funding: The Florida Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Rick Scott’s authority to kill a proposed Orlando-Tampa high-speed rail line backed by President Barack Obama. The [...]
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