In 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom used his first State of the State address to “level about the high-speed rail.” The Los Angeles-to-San Francisco project “would cost too much and, ...

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HANFORD, Calif. — Hundreds of miles from Los Angeles and San Francisco, the first leg of California's high-speed rail line is rising above the almond trees and grape vines of the Central Valley. This ...

Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, explains in this interview why high ...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Brightline West aims to connect Las Vegas and Southern California with high-speed rail. But the planned terminal is not in Los Angeles, where you might expect, but 40 miles ...

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating the high-speed rail project after the Trump administration announced it was pulling billions in funding. California’s high-speed ...

High-speed rail systems are found all over the globe. Japan's bullet train began operating in 1964. China will have 31,000 ...

Amtrak launched a new, faster line of Acela trains on August 28. The NextGen Acela trains can reach a top speed of 160 mph, surpassing the previous fleet by 10 mph. In China, the Fuxing Hao trains ...

In recent decades, bullet trains have become a symbol of technological progress, revolutionizing high-speed rail travel and offering a glimpse into the future of public transportation. These marvels ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10 billion ...