High-speed rail projects across the United States are facing high budgets, lengthy timelines, and increasing skepticism from ...

Government Spending. DOGE Sets Its Sights on High-Speed Rail After nearly two decades and billions in federal funding, California’s high-speed rail project still isn’t up and running.

High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri said the authority will ask the Trump administration for money, but even if that comes through it needs new sources of funding.

Efforts to build high-speed rail could slow down under Trump. The Trump administration is moving to pull back some promised federal funding from high-speed rail projects in California and Texas.

High-speed rail is generally understood in the U.S. as reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour, although the Brightline West is averaging about half that speed.

In the meantime, the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s 2024 Business Plan now forecasts the cost for the planned 171-mile stretch from downtown Merced to downtown Bakersfield within a range ...

High-speed rail is a form of inter-city transportation that is more efficient than driving, more convenient than flying, and can offer significant carbon emissions savings. (There’s no standard ...

President Donald Trump is about to snatch $4 billion away from California’s high-speed rail project — and all that’s doing is reinforcing Democrats’ iron-willed support for the beleaguered ...