Americans have a tepid relationship with passenger rail, but this wasn't always the case! 100 years ago, it was quite common ...

An ambitious state-run high-speed rail project linking Los Angeles and San Francisco has gone off track.

Air travel for Americans is often fraught with problems. Rarely a week passes without significant delays or cancellations, as weather, technical failures, and major logistical disruptions — such as ...

The United States has never had a true high speed rail line, let alone an entire network. Instead, a quasi-governmental ...

High-speed rail can be found around the world. Yet so far, the projects haven't tracked in the U.S., where both the public and private sectors have faced ballooning costs and delays.

Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, explains why high-speed rail projects in much of the country so often go off track. Dr. Stephen Mattingly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Amtrak NextGen Acela is a new high-speed train that runs between Washington, D.C. and Boston. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images ...

The interstate highway system transformed the U.S. economy and American life in the 20th century. High-speed rail can have a similar effect in the 21st century, reindustrializing and reconnecting ...