Throw Another $1.7 Billion in the California Bullet Train Money Pit
The first leg is already seeing massive cost overruns. Imagine its future.
Trains
The Politician Behind California High Speed Rail Now Says It's 'Almost a Crime'
Quentin Kopp convinced voters to approve the project. Now he's suing to kill it.
D.C.'s Dysfunctional Metro System Is a National Embarrassment
The D.C. Metro has perfected the art of replicating the traffic woes above ground in the tunnels below.
The Most Macabre Classroom Safety Film Ever
Friday A/V Club: The strange horror of The Finishing Line
Even the Feds are Warning that California's Bullet Train Is a Disaster in the Making
When even the experts in boondoggles are worried…
California's Bullet Train: Underbudgeted, Underscheduled, and Underfunded, but Other Than That, Everything's Just Fine!
The bullet train mess is unspooling pretty much exactly how critics predicted.
The Ghost Trains of Great Britain
In various corners of the British landscape, empty trains run unannounced routes at strange times of day. Here's why.
Ailing China Set to Blow More Money on High-Speed Train to Vegas
Did they run out of overpriced, unnecessary projects in their own country?
Self-Driving Cars Are Coming Fast, So Why Should We Spend a Dime Rebuilding Amtrak?
Trains were cutting-edge technology. In 1825.
Is Dianne Feinstein Responsible for the Amtrak Crash that Killed Eight? No, But Government Safety Mandates Can Have Tragic and Unintended Consequences.
Congress's decision to mandate an expensive and complicated safety system made American travelers less safe.
New York's $4 Billion Train Station: In 100 Years, Will Anyone Still Care About All That Wasted Money?
New York magazine's Andrew Rice defends Santiago Calatrava's "glorious boondoggle." Here's what he gets wrong.
Court Eases Way for Expensive California Choo-Choo
Opponents of the boondoggle still have a few arrows in their quiver.
Et Tu, Newsom? Is Anybody Left to Support Gov. Moonbeam's Bullet Train?
California's lieutenant governor no longer wishes to ride the rails
Could California's Bullet Train Head Back to the Voters?
Another ballot initiative is filed in Sacramento
500+ Passengers Rescued From Snow Stranded Amtrak Trains
Headed by bus to Chicago, where its cold
Evacuation Lifted in Site Near North Dakota Train Crash
Residents of nearby community were asked to leave
Eminent Domain Approved to Seize Land for Calif. Bullet Train
Even though they don't have money to build it yet
Feds Deny Early Approval of Calif. High-Speed Rail Route
Not until the environmental work is completed
Investigation Into Recent New York Train Crash Begins
Four dead and over 60 injured in crash yesterday after trail derailed
Two More Rulings Hamper Calif. High-Speed Rail Plan
State ordered to redo funding plan before spending any state bond money
California Judge Sends High-Speed Rail Plan Careening Backward Into the Station
State not allowed to spend bond money until the plan comes into compliance with authorizing ballot initiative
Majority of British Public Want to Nationalize Rail, Energy Companies
What could possibly go wrong?
Latest Calif. High-Speed Rail Defense Banks on Folks Not Grasping Sunk Costs Fallacy
State argues that trains that aren't even built yet can't be stopped
San Francisco Bus Workers Threaten Strike
While negotiations with train employees are going on
Nobody Was in Control of Train Responsible for Chicago Crash
Surveillance video shows nobody operating out-of-service passenger train
Calif. High-Speed Rail Groundbreaking Delayed Again
Been more than a year since project was supposed to begin
Oil in Deadly Quebec Train Crash Was Improperly Labeled
Was more dangerous and explosive than indicated
Trains to Nowhere: A Government Spending Problem
From New York to California, the government manages to mess up transportation.
Infamous Mexican Cargo Train Derails, Killing Five
Was carrying hundreds of Central American migrants
Judge Rules Calif. High-Speed Rail Plan Violates Rules for Funding
More information requested before he decides whether to essentially kill it
Driver of Derailed Spanish Train Was on Intercom Before Accident
Facing charges of negligent homicide
