A national high-speed rail network up and running by 2030 - yes we can? (image courtesy of USHSR) President Obama strongly supports high-speed rail, environmentalists are behind it (well, at least some of them) and the Federal Railroad … [Read more...]

California has ruled that all ocean-going vessels within 24 nautical miles of California’s coastline must now use cleaner burning diesel fuel; which by 2012 will have have reduced sulphur emissions by 95%. Read more.... of this story » … [Read more...]

Almost two thirds of people in the UK think high-speed rail could fully replace domestic flights in the UK, according to a survey recently released by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). The research, conducted for ICE by polling company … [Read more...]

Photo from Spain: Midwest High Speed Rail Association The Federal Railroad Administration is hoping Japan and other countries will help the United States to build a high-speed railway network. Karen Rae told Kyodo that FRA is reaching out to "a … [Read more...]

Rendering via The State Worker. Six months ago, most of the San Francisco Peninsula voted in favor of California's high-speed rail plan. Lately, however, many have begun having second thoughts. “The more we’ve gotten into it, the more we think … [Read more...]

We have noted that some people think that the high speed rail network proposals are a great step forward, while others, like Jim Kunstler, think it is a waste of resources that should be spent fixing what we have. Urban theorist Richard Florida … [Read more...]

Image credit: CleanTechnica Is Enthusiasm for High Speed Rail Just Another Speed Addiction? The world is a confusing place - no sooner do the governments of the world finally start taking high speed rail seriously as an alternative to aviation, … [Read more...]

President Obama today outlined a plan to build regional high-speed rail routes in the United States. Cross-country trips will still be conducted best in a plane or as a road trip, but options to go from Detroit to Chicago, for example, would include … [Read more...]