High Speed Rail Gets $2.4 Billion Boost in U.S.

An Amtrak Acela train, currently the nations only HSR line (Photo: Flickr user jimkleeman) Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded 54 high speed rail projects (HSR) across the country $2.5 billion to invest in improving the nation’s passenger rail infrastructure. This funding follows more than $8 billion awarded last January as seed money to get the ball rolling on expanding HSR in the U.S. “States understand that high-speed... Read More

Recap of Obama’s State of the Union Address: Environment and Energy Roundup

President Obama discussing clean energy during the state of the union. Source: whitehouse.gov Going into his first State of the Union address to Congress, I was curious to see if Obama would scale back initiatives that he has placed at the center of his agenda in the face of the US’ fiscal problems. I wanted to highlight and provide commentary of his points relevant to Project Groundswell – namely energy, climate change, and transportation. Obama’s... Read More