Sentences with phrase «funding high speed rail»

While federally funded high speed rail may be dead in Florida, the first privately funded (though not high speed) service is underway.

Not exact matches

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.

While American politicians debate endlessly over how to finance the needed fixes and which ones to implement, the Chinese have managed to fund massive infrastructure projects all across their country, including 12,000 miles of high - speed rail built just in the last decade.

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.

It is the second piece of proposed legislation in the Queen's Speech covering high speed rail; the other being the high speed rail (preparation) bill which provides commitment to funding the project and will need to pass through Parliament before this bill.

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.

There'll be more than enough time to talk about politics in the future, but for now obviously the important thing is making sure that we get projects like high speed rail and as much funding for upstate New York.»

To wit: I just received a press release from the governor - elect, announcing he has sent a personal letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asking that if governors - Elect in Ohio and Wisconsin fulfill their respective campaign promises to cancel federally funded high - speed rail projects that New York be the beneficiary of the combined $ 1.26 billion worth of savings.

The high speed rail (preparation) bill, which will provide parliamentary approval to fund the initial and future phases of the project, and the HS2 hybrid bill, which authorises the building of the first phase of the line, were announced in the Queen's Speech yesterday.

He also gave initial funding for several large infrastructure projects, such as High Speed 3 (an east — west rail line across the north of England), Crossrail 2 (a north — south rail line across London), a road tunnel across the Pennines, and upgrades to the M62 motorway.

The high speed rail (preparation) bill is designed to commit the funding required to build a high speed rail network from London to Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.

The funding is part of $ 2 billion in high - speed rail grants announced by the federal government in May.

ALBANY — Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Rep. Louis Slaughter both want New York state to get the high - speed rail funding that newly elected governors in Ohio and Wisconsin apparently are spurning.

«I'm delighted that $ 295 million in federal high - speed rail funding is making an on - time arrival to the MTA,» Maloney said.

A Republican lawmaker wants to turn money for California's high - speed rail project into funding for schools.

Last year, the FRA awarded New York State $ 151 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for high - speed intercity passenger rail improvements.

«This additional Federal funding for high speed passenger rail will help revitalize New York State's economy, modernize our rail transportation network, and make it easier to get people and goods safely to their destinations across the State,» Governor Paterson said.

The congresswoman was joined by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) and representatives from the transportation and contractor fields when she visited the yards to explain the benefits of the grant, which New York received after Florida rejected $ 2 million in federal funds for high - speed rail.

Governor Paterson Announces $ 28.5 Million in Federal High - Speed Rail Funding Thursday October 28, 2010 at 02:01 pm

«I commend the Federal Railroad Administration for their wise investment in New York's infrastructure and look forward to continuing to work with them to secure additional funding as we enhance the high - speed rail network.»

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Fought for and secured $ 354.4 million in federal high - speed rail funds.

Tim Donnelly told reporters Wednesday that the state should ask voters to use high - speed rail funds to build dams and other water infrastructure.

This past October, Governor Paterson announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded New York $ 28.5 million in funding under the High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program for three projects across the State.

After the latest grilling by congressional Republicans over funding, Dan Richard, chairman of the state's High - Speed Rail Authority board, ran into the ever - blunt John Burton.

Illinois was the first of 31 states to receive a portion of the funding to begin building high - speed rail lines linking Chicago and St. Louis.

Florida's Republican governor Rick Scott recently rejected $ 2 billion in federal funding to build an 85 - mile high speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando, arguing that cost overruns would likely leave Florida taxpayers making up billions of dollars for something they don't need.

That year, the magazine detailed, Zhang, using a slush fund provided by the businessmen, cloistered 30 experts from mostly ministry - affiliated universities and research institutes in a hotel for 2 months, during which time they churned out three books on high - speed rail technology that were credited to Zhang.

The agency plans to set up a committee to explore options, which Padilla says might include public — private partnerships, a telecommunications surcharge, redirected high - speed rail funding or federal grants.

U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari today announced that the state of Connecticut will receive $ 120 million in High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to Springfield, Mass. passenger rail corriRail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to Springfield, Mass. passenger rail corrirail corridor.

The contact consisted of a discussion with representatives of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority concerning the application requirements for ARRA funding as described in the High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program Interim Guidance.

The funding is being provided by the Federal Railroad Administration's High - Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Program.

People and public officials from across Spain not only demanded high - speed rail, but competed fiercely for funding.

In January, President Obama and Vice President Biden announced $ 8 billion in Recovery Act funds to begin developing a national high - speed intercity passenger rail network that will provide a safe, efficient and environmentally sustainable alternative to highway and air travel.

This is the sixth agreement between the states and a host freight railroad for a major high - speed rail corridor funded under the Recovery Act, and it ensures that these grants will improve passenger rail service in North Carolina, while preserving the world class freight rail system we have today.»

In October, DOT continued building on those Recovery Act investments with an additional $ 2.4 billion in high - speed rail funding from the 2010 budget.

Federal funding for today's grant was awarded through FY 2010 appropriations under the Federal Railroad Administration's High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program.

MERIDEN, Conn. — U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari today announced that the state of Connecticut will receive $ 120 million in High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to Springfield, Mass. passenger rail corriRail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to Springfield, Mass. passenger rail corrirail corridor.

As part of the President's long - term vision to give 80 % of Americans access to high - speed rail in the next 25 years, this initial $ 590 million in funding for high - speed and intercity passenger rail will create more than 6,000 direct and indirect jobs in the Washington region.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that $ 1.195 billion in high - speed rail funds originally designated for Wisconsin and Ohio will be redirected to other states eager to develop high - speed rail corridors across the United States.

The Budget advances infrastructure modernization initiatives like... a new federal commitment to high speed rail — a priority that also received funding from the Recovery Act.

First up, a look at what Obama's got in store for US transportation — like more funding for a massive high speed rail system and ideas for a controversial tax that will charge car owners a fee for every mile they drive.The proposed budget would take effect in the fiscal year 2010 (which begins October 1st, 2009 — hey, I don't make the rules.

The measures include a cap and trade program covering 85 percent of the state's emissions, incentives for utilities to generate electricity from renewable sources, funding for a high - speed rail, deployment of a massive solar power initiative, and new building codes to reduce waste and improve energy efficiency.

Had these allowances sold at the minimum auction price, they would have brought in more than $ 990 million in total revenue — $ 550 million of which was due to be delivered to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to support high - speed rail and other state projects.

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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.

Especially considering that a large - but - impossible - to - quantify amount of defense budget expenditures are used to militarily secure petroleum exporting regions — this is just backwards: According to the Institute for Policy Studies, for every $ 1 the US spends on climate security (funding cleantech like renewable energy or high speed rail), it will spend $ 42 on the military.

While it attempts to kick - start its struggling auto industry, the U.S. is talking about building a high - speed rail network with an initial $ 8 billion in stimulus funds.