High-Speed Rail
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Friday Video: It’s Time For High Speed … Buses?
How far will America go out of its way to avoid building trains like the rest of the developed world?
May 28, 2026
Commentary: The ‘Super Bus’ is just More Evidence Caltrans is Irredeemable
Is Caltrans trolling us with this nonsense?
May 20, 2026
Media Fact Check: No, the Budget for California High-Speed Rail Didn’t Just Grow by $100 Billion
If you're wondering where they get these crazy numbers, we figured it out.
April 29, 2026
Train Tubers: a Talk with the YouTube’s Transit Warriors
The masters of transit YouTube discuss their efforts to get people interested in urbanism
April 24, 2026
Op/Ed: Oil Shocks Will Keep Coming. High-Speed Rail Can Boost Our Resilience.
Alan Minsky is the Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America and a resident of California.
April 21, 2026
Chicago to St. Louis Is the High-Speed Rail Test America Can’t Afford to Fail
A looming deadline could be the end of high speed rail in Illinois — or the beginning of an entire midwest network, a top advocate argues.
March 30, 2026
Streets for All: SoCal Could Fund All of Southland’s High-Speed Rail with EIFD
Streets for All report shows that all of SoCal High-Speed Rail could be funded with EIFD's, with money leftover to support local transit.
March 25, 2026
Metro Committee Approves Additional Early Construction Funding for Union Station Run-Through Tracks
Link US is a huge undertaking which includes building a new bridge over and along the 101 Freeway.
February 20, 2026
CAHSRA Releases Environmental Documents for LA to Anaheim
The 30-mile project section runs from LAUS to ARTIC and would follow an existing passenger and freight rail corridor, passing through parts of Los Angeles County and several Orange and Los Angeles County cities including Vernon, Commerce, Pico Rivera, Norwalk, Buena Park, Fullerton, and Anaheim.
December 5, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: Emotional Consumption in China
High-speed rail has completely transformed the country. Think about that sentence: "High-speed rail has completely transformed the country." When was the last time something positive like that happened here?
November 20, 2025
