Under California's New Governor, the Proposed Bullet Train May Get Cheaper but Also Dumber
Gavin Newsom wants to build only the top half.
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Can California Conservatives Kill the High-Speed Rail Boondoggle?
A ballot initiative planned for 2020 would let voters kill the overbudgeted, underfunded, behind-schedule monstrosity.
In 2012 Analysts Warned Australian Light Rail Line Would Be a Huge Boondoggle. The Government Buried the Report. Now Taxpayers Are Paying the Price.
Sydney's new light rail line is over budget, overdue, and the target of multiple lawsuits.
D.C.'s Metro Has Warned Riders Against Taking the Metro. I Did it Anyway.
Washington D.C.'s rail transit system is increasingly irrelevant to the city it's supposed to serve.
Miami Politicians Do Their Level Best to Spend as Much as Humanly Possible on Transit
Politicians reject a plan to expand bus service on a bus-only road, demanding instead that a light rail line be built alongside it.
Critics of Corporate Campaign Cash Silent When Donors to Light Rail Initiatives Ink Light Rail Contracts
Complaints about corporate influence in elections are almost never actually about the corporate influence.
European High-Speed Rail Also a Huge Boondoggle
A new report finds high costs, and low speeds on Europe's high-speed rail lines.
Phoenix's Government Might Shut Down Over High Stakes Light Rail Fight
Local business owners say a new light rail line will kill their livelihood.
New York Times Goes Off the Rails With Claims About Secret Koch Plot to Kill Public Transit
A failed ballot initiative in Nashville had much more to do with hum-drum local factors than shadowy billionaire-backed conspiracies.
More Money, More Problems—Bridge Problems—with California's Embattled Bullet Train
The state quietly ordered a bridge under construction to be rebuilt due to "signs of distress."
Sacramento Wants to Boost Rail Ridership By Banning Drive-Throughs and Gas Stations Near Transit
The logic of the policy is perplexing.
Australians Want Light Rail Contractor to Quit Climate Crusade, Get Back to Building Overbudget, Overdue Light Rail Line
The Spanish firm Acciona greenwashes a troubled light rail extension.
Fire, Earth, and Water Visit Apocalyptic Delays on Nation's Rail Lines
Are the endtimes nigh for public transit?
Rose-Colored Visions of High-Speed Rail Tempt the Pacific Northwest
Politicians push for a "Cascadia line."
California's Boondoggle Bullet Train About to Break the Bank
The money pit is turning into a black hole, as critics predicted.
Built for Tourists, the $98 Million Atlanta Streetcar Will Be Closed in Advance of Monday's College Football Championship
The worst streetcar in America earns its title once more.
Trump Tells New York, New Jersey to Pay for Their Own Damn Rail Project
In the waning days of 2017, the Trump administration pulled its support for the $13 billion Hudson Tunnel project.
Would More Infrastructure Spending Have Stopped Yesterday's Derailment?
President Trump seems to think so.
Will More Federal Spending Fix D.C.'s Metro System?
Rep. Barbara Comstock Metro reform bill offers good ideas but comes at a hefty price.
Proposed Baltimore-to-D.C. Maglev Train Would Cost as Much as Building 1,500 Miles of Highway
The $15 billion project would connect two cities that are only 35 miles apart. That's $420 million per mile-if it stays on-budget.
Throw Another $1.7 Billion in the California Bullet Train Money Pit
The first leg is already seeing massive cost overruns. Imagine its future.
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.
Seattle's Light Rail Extension Sees $500 Million in Cost Overruns
Never trust the sticker price on billion dollar rail projects.
Bullet Train Myopia Driving Local Transit Boondoggles
California lawmakers are trying to dig a hole too big to fail.
California High Speed Rail Faces 50 Percent Cost Overruns
It's costing the train to nowhere a lot to get there.
Even the Feds are Warning that California's Bullet Train Is a Disaster in the Making
When even the experts in boondoggles are worried…
Seattle Light Rail Breaks Ridership Record; Still Shy of 2010 Projections
Sound Transit is using the numbers to sell voters on $54 billion in new light rail spending.
Atlanta Plans To Blow More Money On Failed Streetcar Line
City leaders also want to build "glorified sidewalk" that will cost $4.8 billion.
Portland's Light Rail System Can't Take the Heat
High temperatures disrupt service, exposing problems with the system's design.
Amtrak Spending $2.4 Billion on New 'Faster' Trains That Probably Won't Go Any Faster
The big purchase is a good metaphor for the state of high speed rail in America right now, where politically driven promises can't overcome hard reality.
Donald Trump's Economic Plan Is Just Typical Government Pork
He sounds like Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown.
Brexit, Benghazi, and Virginia Postrel: The Fifth Column Is Back!
The world's best Kmele Foster-hosted libertarian podcast also discusses high-speed rail and doing mushrooms
The Political Class Knew California High-Speed Rail Was B.S., and Supported it Anyway
New revelations are just the latest to demonstrate a point Reason has been documenting since 2008
Court Allows California's High-Speed Rail to Continue
Judge rules the $64 billion megaproject doesn't violate bond act.
Surprise! California's High Speed Rail Breaks Major Promise in New Plan
New route ditches Los Angeles for the Bay Area and potentially violates state law.
Washington, D.C. Streetcar Nightmare: Then and Now
D.C. residents breathed a sigh of relief when streetcars disappeared in 1962. Now they're back.
Southern Californians Prefer Driving, Not Trains—News at Eleven
Mass transit use steadily dropping in greater Los Angeles area.
Even in California's Progressive Paradise, Gov. Brown Understands Dangers of Minimum Wage Hikes
Warns $15-an-hour jump would wreck state budgeting.
The Hyperloop Is Landing the Private Investment That Eludes High-Speed Rail
Company planning an early test in Nevada soon.
More Trouble for Jerry Brown's Rail Boondoggle
Concealed report: Overruns, delays plague high-speed rail
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.
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?
Hyperloop Project Inches Closer to Becoming a Real Thing
Two tech companies offer services to develop prototype.
Washington, D.C.'s Streetcar Is Delayed Again After an Engineering Report Raises Safety Concerns
Another chapter in the saga of this 2.4-mile rail boondoggle in the nation's capital.
