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,...

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lanow-train-grant-20170217-story.html

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. 

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.

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.