Super Speed Train

Since opening an office up here in Santa Ynez I have been trying to keep up with the latest news around the mayoral race. The following is an opt-ed I wrote on a recent meeting I attended.

Op-Ed on the Mayoral Candidate Forum in Solvang – briancarrillo.com Editorials Op-Ed on the Mayoral Candidate Forum in Solvang Solvang, CA — Following last night’s League of Women Voters Mayoral Candidate Forum, it has become painfully clear that the future of Solvang hangs in the balance. While candidates Dave Brown and Jamie Baker presented their views on crit...

Hyperloop One has hit what it calls an important milestone, completion of Phase 2 testing of its prototype pod. The company claims it was able to get a pod up to 192 mph before gliding to a stop in its test tube in the Nevada.

A real hyperloop is almost here — and it’s not what Elon Musk envisioned This morning, a company called Hyperloop One made history. Nearly four years to the day after Elon Musk first published his plans for the system, the company set a new hyperloop speed record,...

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U.S. Department of Transportation puts off OK of key $647-million grant related to California's bullet train The U.S. Department of Transportation has deferred a decision on a $647-million grant that would help  Caltrain electrify a section of track between San Jose and San Francisco, a project crucial to California’s struggling high-speed rail project. 

If Hyperloop manages to materialize its commercial plans - and bring it to India — it would enable people in Mumbai to go to Nagpur in 35 minutes. In comparison, the same trip takes nearly 14 hours by train. Now that's one Superspeedtrain.

India offers land to Elon Musk to test Hyperloop India's need for speed.

With a $2.45 billion federal loan, Amtrak set for upgraded trains, stations Faster trains, more seats and WiFi that works? OMG!

With a $2.45 billion federal loan, Amtrak set for upgraded trains, stations Higher-speed trains could shorten the travel time between Washington and New York.

Jim Venturi and ReThinkNYC want to revolutionize how NYC handles train infrastructure Last year, Jim Venturi suggested using Riker's Island to expand La Guardia airport and now he is taking on New York and New Jersey's suburban rail network.

All Aboard!

As Japan, China and European nations expand their high-speed rail networks exponentially, the U.S. can’t seem to get its act together with high-speed rail. A new survey by the transportation search engine GoEuro ranks the U.S. a dismal 19th out of 20 nations in terms of its high speed rail service, behind such countries as Poland and Turkey.

Japan Opens a Futuristic Bullet Train Line from Tokyo to Hokkaido Bullet trains travel at speeds up to 160 miles per hour, connecting Tokyo with Japan's northern island by high speed rail for the first time.

Does Hawaii need HSR?

Hawaii Struggles to Keep Rail Project From Becoming a Boondoggle Critics of Honolulu’s elevated rail system, which is two years behind schedule, say too much effort and taxpayer money have been spent to give up on the plan now.

Could High Speed Trains offer Millennials and Hipsters a better way to get to school, visit the parents for the holidays, or play gigs in San Francisco and L.A.? Perhaps, but this won't be cheap.

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Arthur Koster: Millennials will ride high-speed rail It is absurd for a state that prides itself on leadership and innovation to have such a heavy and vocal opposition to something that embodies those very principles – high-speed rail.

Small but noticeable first steps towards High Speed Rail in California.

Here Comes High Speed Rail: What You Need to Know Ready or not here it comes. Wrecking balls will start swinging early next year on projects connected to High Speed rail, and it could impact how you get