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High Speed Rail Complicates Development Plans in Illinois City
Springfield State Journal-Register
May 9, 2012
Increased traffic from high-speed passenger and freight trains is the big unknown for downtown Springfield, local officials told a team of urban-design specialists from across the country. Read more here.
Should Calif. Use Climate Change Fund for High Speed Railway?
GigaOm
April 20, 2012
 Gov. Jerry Brown is mulling whether to use money from California’s climate change program to help finance a high-speed railway, which may not be a great way to reduce emissions.   Read more here.
Congressional Panel Launches Probe of California's High-Speed Rail Project
Los Angeles Times
April 11, 2012
A congressional committee is examining the California high-speed rail project, including possible conflicts of interest and how the agency overseeing it plans to spend billions in federal assistance. Read more here.
Windfall of Cash Could Hit Calif. Treasury from Global Warming Program
San Jose Mercury News
April 9, 2012
For the past 10 years, California has struggled with huge budget deficits. Suddenly, however, the state is poised to raise billions from the proceeds from its landmark global-warming law. Read more here.
California Cap-and-Trade Could Help Fund High-Speed Rail
The Fresno Bee
April 2, 2012
Rather than rely on uncertain federal transportation funds, money from the auction of air-pollution credits might provide a backstop source of money for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/03/31/2783229/selling-pollution-credits-could.html#storylink=cp Read more here.
A Collision of Visions on Calif. Bullet Train
Los Angeles Times
March 8, 2012
Ambitions to build builet trains that would someday streak through California at 220 mph are triggering an increasingly strident ideological backlash to the massive project. Read more here.
High Speed Trains to Begin Test Runs in Illinois This Summer
Springfield State Journal-Register
March 7, 2012
The first 110-mph passenger trains in Illinois should begin test runs this summer on a 20-mile section of the Chicago-St. Louis line, the Illinois Department of Transportation said. Read more here.
First High-Speed Train Leaves Chicago's Union Station
WBBM
February 17, 2012
 The first high-speed trains in the Midwest are only running to Indiana and southwest Michigan, but eventually will likely be expanded to St. Louis, Detroit and the Twin Cities.  Read more here.
Jerry Brown Says Cap-and-Trade Fees Will Fund High-Speed Rail
The Sacramento Bee
January 31, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown said that California's high-speed rail project will cost far less than the state's estimate of $100 billion and that fees paid by carbon producers will be a source of funding. Read more here.
DOT Secretary Defends High-Speed Rail to Critics
Miami Herald
December 9, 2011
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Tuesday insisted he will continue promoting expensive high-speed rail programs despite skepticism that's gaining momentum in states such as California. Read more here.
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