Curbed LA, via the Las Vegas Sun, is reporting that the DesertXpress train planned between Las Vegas and Victorville will begin construction this year. This route, if extended from Victorville, would ideally connect with California's High Speed Rail project in Palmdale. Another project also in the works would bring a high speed MagLev train from Vegas to Anaheim. more ›

The dream of developing a MagLev train between Las Vegas and Anaheim took a hit this week when Nevada transportation officials designated $45 million to an airport road connector instead. "[It] will have the biggest immediate impact for job creation and relief from traffic congestion,” said Senator Harry Reid in a statement printed in the Las Vegas Sun, via Curbed LA. The California-Nevada Super Speed Train commission is nonplussed, but will seek funding elsewhere. more ›

Ever since last week's hyped announcement of federal funding for the MagLev train between Anaheim and Las Vegas, there's been a lot of talk and some updates. First, "the Federal Railroad Administration has made neither an award nor an announcement with regard to funding for maglev development in Nevada," said spokesman Mark Paustenbach on Thursday, the day after Governor Gibbons made the announceme more ›

After three decades of dreaming and planning, it looks like the federal government is finally paying attention to an expensive MagLev train line that would carry passengers between Las Vegas and Anaheim at speeds up to 300 miles per hour along the 270-mile route. The Federal Railroad Administration will give $45 million in congressional earmarked dollars to the first phase of the route, which will go from Las Vegas to the state border in Primm, NV, according to the LA Times. more ›

This is going to get old fast. In response to Barack Obama's big "State of the Union" like speech last night, the Republicans, via Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, had sharp criticisms of the President and stimulus bill including trying to reduce the MagLev train between Anaheim and Las Vegas to "bridge to nowhere" levels: more ›

Although there is no specific mention of the high speed train between the Los Angeles area and Las Vegas, Republicans are crying foul. more ›

With all the talk of Prop 1a passing--partially funding the High Speed Rail between Southern and Northern California--there is little talk about the high speed train being planned by a collection of smaller outlying cities in Los Angeles County that they say will serve "shorter-distance intra-regional commuter [between Palmdale and Irvine], airport access and other non-work trips within Los Angeles and Orange Counties." more ›

According to their little graphic flash animation, you will be able to get from Irvine to Union Station in 27 minutes. Then from Union Station to Santa Clarita in 15 minutes. All this by 2012? So they say: "The $18.7 billion project is planned to be privately funded with a target date for beginning operation as early as 2012." Welcome to the California Orangeline Development Authority, which is trying to gain momentum for a... more ›

Google and MySpace team up. Playboy's Hugh Hefner is immortal. The octogenarian denies a mini-stroke this past weekend. Internet use for extreme local community activism at its best: PaveMyStreet.com (via LAVoice via Curbed L.A.) More laughing at crappy singers to come as American Idol auditions were held today at the Rose Bowl. Lake Balboa in the Valley is a fake lake. Today's Transit Coalition e-newsletter talks up more than we can dish out. But... more ›