eNewsletter – May 16, 2011

U.S. Department of Transportation to Allocate $68 Million for State-of-the-Art Train Cars in California. The award for California fleet cars was included in the US DOT’s $2.02 billion in high-speed rail awards, which were announced yesterday on May 9, by US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood.  In addition California received $300 million more for construction of High Speed Rail in the San Joaquin Valley.  RailPAC eNewsletter for May 16, 2011