With high-speed rail ambitions in California delayed by years and coming in at a higher-than-expected cost, Lou Thompson, who ...

High-speed rail can be found around the world. Yet so far, the projects haven't tracked in the U.S., where both the public ...

After more than 10 years of overall construction in the Central Valley, the project has its first “logistics hub” for ...

"California isn't waiting for the future. We're building it," the Golden State's governor, Gavin Newsom, has said.

At the end of February, California’s High-Speed Rail Authority released a draft of its 2026 business plan. Now, Merced County ...

Lawmakers are trying to help California's high-speed rail get more investors.

California High-Speed Rail is giving up on legal efforts to restore federal funding and pivoting to a public-private partnership model. In a pre-Christmas press release, the Authority announced a ...

Rod Diridon Sr., a major figure in California mass transit who played an early role in the state’s high-speed rail project, has died at age 87. Diridon died April 3, 2026, of complications from cancer ...

High-speed rail could transform U.S. travel by reducing congestion, cutting emissions, and boosting tourism and economic ...

California’s overspending crisis has been brought into sharper focus after NASA revealed the cost of building a base on the ...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter fielded questions from Kern County residents on topics from healthcare to ...