What’s the new high speed rail project? High Speed Rail from Los Angeles to Las Vegas
What group is behind the project? Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority
9 Facts to Know about the Project:
- It has an exclusive relationship with XpressWest ( a Las Vegas based company)
- no state dollars are pledged or committed
- NV Governor’s Office of Economic Development is engaged in the project
- zero-emissions train
- cuts in half the time of the travel to 80 minutes
- tickets will cost less than $100 round-trip
- will ultimately connect with the California High Speed Rail Project
- Estimated to cut road traffic by 25%
- Partnership with a Chinese firm that has pledged $100 million for the $8 billion project
Sacramento Bee | Project to link Vegas and California with train gets boost