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Extending passenger rail service to Kansas appears to be the next logical step in making Amtrak's existing Heartland Flyer service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth a more effective transportation option, ...
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Editorial by Noel T. Braymer The main obstacle to High Speed Rail service in California is not rich NIMBY homeowners or the Union Pacific Railroad. The main obstacle is the consultants being paid by the California High Speed Rail Authority to plan and design the service. There is broad popular support for better passenger rail service in [...]
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Big news in Los Angeles today: the ambitious 30/10 plan, which would leverage Measure R sales tax revenues to repay federal loans to build 30 years’ worth of mass transit projects in the next 10 years, has received its first federal loan: Public transportation in Los Angeles today received a boost with the news of [...]
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A multi-front war is continuing in Good Hope against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. At Monday’s Village Board meeting, Village President Todd Danner told village trustees that BNSF is getting two citations, and he is working on a third.
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