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Reported by Travel and Tour World. The Trump administration has announced a federal investigation into California’s high-speed rail project, potentially withdrawing $4 billion in federal funding. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) launched the review following concerns over cost overruns, delays, and mismanagement, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA),…

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Reported by Progressive Railroading. The Federal Railroad Administration has launched a compliance review of the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) and its project to build a high-speed rail system in the state’s Central Valley between Merced and Bakersfield, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced yesterday. The review will determine whether CHSRA will receive $4 billion in federal funding,…

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Reported by Colleen Shalby for LA Times. The Trump administration has launched a compliance review into California’s high-speed rail project, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday. The review will focus on $4 billion promised by the Biden administration for continued construction in the Central Valley between Merced and Bakersfield and will determine the outlook of future federal funding commitments…

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Reported by AP News. The Trump administration is once again targeting California’s controversial high-speed rail project, with federal transportation officials on Thursday announcing an investigation and possible withdrawal of about $4 billion in federal funding. Voters first approved $10 billion in bond money in 2008 for a project designed to shuttle riders between San Francisco…

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Reported by Airport Improvement. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association joineda coalition of aviation industry organizations in sending a letter to Congress today outlining the need for increased investments to hire and train more air traffic controllers and to modernize equipment. The letter pointed out that for “the aviation system to flourish we must meaningfully invest in the staffing, safety systems, and facilities that are the backbone to…

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Reported by The Guardian. The US aviation sector on Wednesday called for “robust emergency funding” from Congress for air traffic control technology and staffing after a series of crashes that have raised alarm. Airlines for America, the Aerospace Industries Association, International Air Transport Association and others, including major aviation unions, urged Congress in a joint letter to take action,…

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Reported by Oriana Pawlyk for Politico Pro. Dozens of aviation industry groups — including the trade group for airlines and the union that represents air traffic controllers — on Wednesday called on lawmakers not to privatize air traffic control, amid burgeoning interest from the Trump administration in “improving” the aviation system. The letter to top…

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Reported by People’s World. Corporate greed by the railroad lobby sidetracked an important rail safety bill in the last Congress that would have forced all freight railroads to put safety and people over profits, rail union leaders say. So now they and three lawmakers are trying again, hoping for a helper in the vice presidential…

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Reported by Julie Sneider for Progressive Railroading. In yet another sign that rail safety will be a bipartisan issue in the 119th Congress, four House representatives on Feb. 3 rolled out a newer version of the Railway Safety Act, building off a similar proposal introduced in March 2023 but not passed in the aftermath of…

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