The Heartland Institute

The federal government is again offering money it does not have to entice a state—Iowa—to spend money it does not have on something it does not need. Iowa is being asked to provide state funds to match federal funding for a so-called "high-speed rail" line from Chicago to Iowa City. The new rail line would duplicate service ...

You know something is up when a Washington Post editorial advises the Obama administration to do a " reality check" on its plans for high-speed rail. From the beginning it included more slow-speed than high-speed rail, and now both components of the plan could be in trouble. The Onion which specializes in news satire joined the ...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) sent shockwaves through the transportation industry when he cancelled the under-construction ARC (Access to the Regional Core) rail tunnel under the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York (Manhattan). Christie accepted the Access the Regional Core (ARC) Executive Committee's recommendation ...