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Los Angeles High-Speed Rail

Stop the bullet train to nowhere

Stop the bullet train to nowhereIt is rail, but it isn’t fast, and it does not go anywhere. In fact, the new bullet train will go from some...
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Calif. bullet train misfiring

The perverse seduction of government money is the bane of capitalisms existence. De Tocqueville’s 19th century warning of the collapse of...
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California High-Speed Rail Receives Redirected Funds

Earlier this month, I reported on the request by California’s two senators to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to redirect to California...
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California High-Speed Rail: Only 49 Little Hoovers Left

Back in late 2008, Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economic columnist for the New York Times, famously coined the phrase “50 Herbert...
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CA high-speed rail receiving more federal funding to move forward

2010 has been a great year for California’s rail systems. Earlier in the year, the federal government awarded our state with over $2 billion...
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Obama’s latest gaffe: We’re the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad

  • Obama Bushisms
  • September 24, 2011
Standing in front of an aging bridge that links Covington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, the president this week made another impassioned pitch for his...
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High-speed rail: In Obama’s dreams literally and figuratively

Every president ascends to the throne of power with a grand vision. For Barack Obama, that vision was endless stretches of pristine heartland...
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AMTRAK 25 percent off Northeast Regional line

February 9, 2011, Reuters: AMTRAK makes using rail transportation cheaper than the bus. Planning to travel to Montreal, Toronto, Philadelphia, New...
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Buildings to fall in Albany to help with future high-speed rail

Amtrak and the New York State Department of Transportation(NYSDOT) recently announced that the demolition of the old Albany/Rensselaer train...
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China claims high-speed record with new bullet train

China on Tuesday unveiled the world's fastest bullet train, which will connect two of the country's industrial hubs travelling at an...
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