California Bullet Train At Risk As Trump Administration Opens Funding Review
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered a "compliance" review of the project, hinting that $4 billion of federal funds could be at risk.
Trump Administration Takes Aim at $4B in Funding for California High-Speed Rail
President Donald Trump canceled nearly $1 billion in federal funding for the high-speed rail project in 2019, during his first term. The Biden administration later restored the funding and, in December 2023, allocated $3.3 billion more.
Transportation chief Duffy launches probe of California’s high-speed rail project
Duffy, speaking at Union Station in Los Angeles on Thursday morning, said the Federal Railroad Administration will review the rail project and its leadership.
Trump administration to review California's high-speed rail funding
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said the California high-speed rail project will continue to cost taxpayers billions of dollars with no definitive timeline for completion.
California’s high-speed rail project to be investigated, Trump official says. Here’s why
Republicans have long targeted high-speed rail, despite its popularity with a majority of Californians. U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, who appeared with Duffy and introduced legislation in December to defund it, blasted the railway as “the worst public infrastructure failure in U.S. history.”
Federal Transportation Secretary Calls for Review of California’s High-Speed Rail
The Federal Railroad Administration initiated a review of California's 400-mile high-speed rail project aimed at connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco following concerns voiced by the Trump Administration,
Trump administration launches review of California’s high-speed rail spending
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that the Trump administration has launched a compliance review of California's high-speed rail project.
U.S. transportation secretary orders investigation into California's high-speed rail project
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy slammed California’s $135 billion high-speed rail project for soaring far over ...
Metro expands its TAP-to-Exit program to Union Station in Los Angeles
Turnstiles will be latched at both entrances and exits to rail lines where riders will have to scan valid Metrolink fares.
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Union Station added to Metro's TAP-to-Exit program
Riders moving through Union Station will now need to TAP their card or scan a valid Metro fare to enter and exit the station.
LA Metro will close Van Nuys G Line Station for major improvements
LA Metro will close the Van Nuys Metro G Line Station for three years to begin construction of improvements to the station, ...
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New crackdown on LA Metro crime begins Tuesday
Passengers step from a train at the Universal City B Line Metro train station on December 6, 2016 in Los Angeles. (Getty Images) After the Tap to Exit program was instituted at North ...