Sentences with phrase «for high speed rail»

But the main source of funding for high speed rail drew the ire of some Republicans.

For high speed rail advocates, the California experience could not have come at a better time.

Decisions were made to turn down dollars for both high speed rail — defined by the federal government as trains that move at 110 miles per hour or far slower than the California project and European trains — as well as money for higher speed rail, where trains move slower, but are still quicker than cars.

But Gov. Jeb Bush refused to fund the train and went further by launching a successful effort in 2004 to remove the constitutional mandate for high speed rail that had been previously approved by voters.

But that is what is in the New York Times as they review some of the trains and routes that may benefit from the $ 8 Billion in stimulus money designated for high speed rail.

It wasn't so long ago that Florida Governor Rick Scott notoriously denied his state $ 2.4 billion in federal stimulus funding for a high speed rail line that would link Tampa, Orlando, and Miami.

The Obama administration has proposed a green track for high speed rail in the United States, with $ 8 billion in funding from the stimulus legislation to start rebuilding America's old rail system.

Kunz laid out a pretty convincing case for high speed rail as the solution for a number of problems facing American transportation, including outdated infrastructure, peak oil (or «energy independence,» depending how you look at it), out of control carbon emissions, and more.

And good news about the rail, too — all those who were rightly concerned that the $ 8 billion in the stimulus for high speed rail wasn't nearly enough, it looks like it's slated to get a supplementary slice of the budget pie.

As part of its Buy America work, DOT engaged in a broad effort with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership to proactively identify manufacturing opportunities and marry them with US manufacturers for high speed rail and other transportation projects.

Federal Railroad Administration Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Corridors ProgramPerformancePlan

He committed to laying and maintaining 4,000 miles of track — some for transit, some for freight, some for high speed rail — enough to stretch from coast to coast.

Education Secretary Justine Greening today (9 October) helped launch the new National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR) in Doncaster.

This quarter, institutions such as Belfast Metropolitan College, DLD College London, The Manchester College (HE), National College for High Speed Rail, Northern College, Preston's College, South Essex College (HE) and Weston College, and have all selected Canvas to improve teaching and learning.

The energy efficiency initiative for homes, opposition to a third runway at Heathrow and support for high speed rail have been the most important signs of green Toryism up until now.

The Right Track — Delivering the Conservatives» Vision for High Speed Rail, by Tony Lodge and with a foreword by Lord Heseltine, is published today by the Bow Group.

During the ceremonial bill signing, the Governor announced a $ 2.5 million discretionary grant for a high speed rail (HSR) related facility in Niagara Falls.

In September the first cohort of students will enrol at the new National College for High Speed Rail in Birmingham and Doncaster.

A Department for Transport spokesperson responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail: «We welcome the select committee's report and note the support it shows for the need for a high speed rail network in Britain, and many of the proposals made in the government's consultation on High Speed Two.

The Liberal Democrats were the first party to call for the high speed rail link — as far back as 2004.

To date, New York has received only a small fraction of federal money for high speed rail, but we want to make it a success now, and my Administration will aggressively pursue all funding opportunities to make high speed rail a reality.

The business case for High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) was dealt a body - blow today, with the publication of a report which raises serious questions about the research which has gone into the project.

Not exact matches

Instead of investing in highways, ports, high - speed rail projects, and modern utilities, the U.S. has for decades continued putting new coats of paint on the same cracked wall.

Later on Friday, Horgan announced B.C. will contribute $ 300,000 towards a study with Washington state on the potential for a high - speed rail line connecting Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and other cities beyond.

That compares with typical speeds of 110 to 300 mph for high - speed rail travel.

The entrepreneur's transportation brands are known for extra touches like groovy lighting and free entertainment, which Giegel says aligns well with Hyperloop One's vision for what it wants riding the high - speed rail to be like.

It holds a number of government contracts, including for the construction of a high - speed rail link and for the maintenance of roads.

California, for example, is continuing with its next - generation rail system, and other states are proceeding with their own high - speed rail initiatives.

Richard Anderson says he does not see Elon Musk's idea for a high - speed hyperloop overtaking traditional rail travel and transport anytime soon.

The collapse poses a headache for Theresa May's government, which had employed Carillion to work on 450 projects including the building and maintenance of hospitals, schools, defence sites and a high - speed rail line.

Founded by Moreno, Mormedi has developed high speed trains for Spanish rail service RENFE and Hitachi, as well as interior and exterior truck designs for Hino, Toyota's (tm) medium and heavy duty truck brand.

His company works directly with high - speed rail providers to build what amounts to an Expedia for trains.

SpaceX is building a test track for the Hyperloop high - speed rail that could transport passengers from San Francisco to LA in 30 minutes.

You can imagine that a train track that goes through crossing gate crossings wouldn't possibly work for high - speed rail.

Reactions at the time ranged from excitement to skepticism to outright disbelief — Musk was even accused of sabotaging the high - speed rail project for profit, despite his statement that he had no plans to develop the Hyperloop commercially.

California's proposal for a high - speed rail project had offended Musk's sense of the state that has historically dreamed up America's future.

After skewering the proposed system («one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world»), Musk issued an open - source design challenge: a 28 - passenger solar - powered pod capable of levitating through a system of tubes almost at the speed of sound, with a one - way ticket price of $ 20 and a total building cost estimated at $ 6 billion, less than a tenth of the budget for California's high - speed rail project.

The company said in September that it would pitch in $ 50,000 to supplement $ 300,000 in Washington State funding for a study of how to link the Pacific Northwest to Vancouver via high - speed rail.

That's the approach Quebec - based Bombardier has taken — the company recently announced its plan to make a C$ 100 - million technology transfer investment into Turkey to help realize the country's high - speed rail vision for 2030.

What'd building a high - speed rail grid network between all major areas do for regular Americans?

It is slated to become a transport hub that will house the main terminal for a planned high - speed rail link with Singapore.

Expect eventual success for the One Belt, One Road Initiative — the world's largest construction project, estimated to cost $ 80 trillion dollars — linking the Asian mainland, (including Central Asia) with Europe via high speed rail, communications links and vibrant financial trading platforms.

A memorial service has been held for the 60,000 people buried near London Euston station whose bodies will be exhumed as part of the HS2 high speed rail project.

As for the $ 7.8 billion highway and high - speed rail line connecting the coastal and mountain clusters, a wag in the Russian press calculated that it would have been cheaper to pave them with a layer of foie gras eight inches thick.

Right now, there isn't the funding but if we were able to tie international tax reform, tax all that money that the companies have overseas and put that in an infrastructure bank, there could be a trillion dollars of infrastructure funding and you could get the kind of funding we need for high - speed rail,» he said.

Tolls on motorways and charges for lorry drivers would be used to fund a major upgrade of the rail network, including high speed train lines such as a London - Edinburgh link, under plans set out by the party today.

Slaughter mentioned that she and Congressman Brian Higgins, D - Buffalo, were looking for money to fund high - speed rail between Buffalo and Rochester to double down on the state's economic development investments.

In advance of the Government's expected approval of the High Speed Rail Project (HS2); Sarah Lee, Head of Policy for the Countryside Alliance, said:

The government's case for the # 50 billion HS2 high - speed rail line is based on «absurd» assumptions that «do not reflect real life», a committee of MPs has warned.

We've already set out plans this autumn for a huge investment in rail, and my RHF the Transport Secretary will set out in the new year plans to take High Speed 2 to the North West and West Yorkshire.