If you haven’t heard Russia is hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup, one of the biggest global events. It recently beat out England, Spain/Portugal, and Holland/Belgium for this fantastic opportunity. Of course, a ton of infrastructure development goes into preparations for the World Cup… the development of a high-speed rail network, … [continued]
Turkey has had high-speed rail for a few years now. It received high-speed trains that can go up to 250 km/h (155 mph) from Spain in November of 2007. Turkish Railways (TCDD) was reportedly the 8th high-speed rail operator in the world (the 6th in Europe). Now, Turkey has just … [continued]
We can’t cover every cool clean tech story on here every day (and probably shouldn’t), but to share more cool stories with you that we don’t have the opportunity to get to, I’m going to start a weekly or bi-monthly “link drop” here on Cleantechnica. Most sites do this, so … [continued]
As everyone is probably aware by now, the incoming governors of Ohio and Wisconsin, John Kasich and Scott Walker (respectively), have stated loudly and clearly that they don’t want high-speed rail (HSR) projects in their states. Even though these projects would create thousands of jobs, would help to modernize these … [continued]
Here’s a good, simple question for you, “Would you pay $37 to receive $161?” As the Michigan League of Conservation Voters (LCV) points out, “That’s the question facing Michigan, multiplied by a million, with respect to high-speed and commuter rail funding.” Unfortunately, Tea Partiers and high-speed rail disinformers have been … [continued]
The incoming Congress is turning a lot of things around that were on a steady, even path forward, or looking to do so, at least. One big thing many incoming Republicans are taking aim at is high-speed rail. No surprise here, since high-speed rail has been a big focus of … [continued]
If you ask 1000 people if they like the sun, some will probably say no. Now, high-speed rail may not be as important as the sun, but it is pretty darn important — it can save us tons of money and time, can create greatly-needed jobs, and can help us … [continued]
Unfortunately, huge high-speed rail (HSR) projects take time to get built and there isn’t always a lot of big news to share on this topic. But with more and more high-speed rail projects around the world (e.g. in the U.S.), there’s more news coming out more regularly now. China is … [continued]
[Updated below.] A new clean tech company called Kinetic Traction Systems, Inc. has just launched, and its success could have some interesting implications for the 2012 Presidential election year. That’s because KTSi manufactures flywheels that harvest energy from the braking power of trains, and their factory is located right here … [continued]
Finally! I love seeing and writing on great rail news in China and Europe, but it always makes me think of how far behind the U.S. is. Taking a step closer to these transportation leaders, Amtrak recently announced it is going to spend nearly half a billion dollars on 70 … [continued]
