Tag: highspeed
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California high-speed rail CEO has a plan to get the project back on track
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. California’s project to build a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles, approved by voters in 2008, has faced delays, cost overruns and political opposition from two Trump administrations and congressional Republicans. Ian Choudri Permission…
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Amtrak, high-speed rail, public transit take cuts in House 2026 budget proposal
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Federal spending on Amtrak, high-speed rail and public transportation would be cut by a bill marked up Monday by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development. The subcommittee bill proposed $22.1 billion…
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Willbee Transit Mix Upgrades High-Speed Concrete Washout
The family-owned firm dramatically reduces the required time and labor needed for concrete washouts, enabling additional loads as well as recovered, salable materials Willbee Transit Mix, a concrete supplier for Jackson, Michigan’s construction industry, currently operates a fleet of front discharge redi-mix trucks to service pours. For Willbee, maintaining the efficiency of concrete washouts between…
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Can USDOT kill California high-speed rail?
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. In February, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy launched a review of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, which is building a portion of the proposed Los Angeles-to-San Francisco HSR project in the state’s Central Valley. The review will…
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California high-speed rail project faces $6.5B shortfall, possible federal investigation
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The California High-Speed Rail Authority faces a $6.5 billion funding gap to complete the initial 171-mile segment between Bakersfield and Merced, California, the state’s Office of the Inspector General said in a Feb. 3 report.…