Newsletter 7/18/25: California Goes Toe-To-Toe With Trump Administration

California Goes Toe-To-Toe With Trump Administration Over High-Speed Rail

California is vowing to fight the Trump administration’s decision to cancel $4 billion in funding for its high-speed line from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

“Trump wants to hand China the future and abandon the Central Valley. We won’t let him,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. He also promised to pursue “all options” to restore the funding.

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A recently completed highway bridge above a new high speed rail right of way.

Fixing the Future With Great Trains

Trains are the “one big powerful tool” that can move us toward a better future, according to railway engineer and author Gareth Dennis. He recently joined the Alliance for a webinar focused on his recent book, How the Railways will Fix the Future.

Dennis argues that solving our major challenges—a rapidly aging population, rising demands on the healthcare system, an epidemic of loneliness, climate change, and populist uprisings across the globe—will require a revolution in mobility.

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You Really Expect Me to Drive to Louisville?

You Really Expect Me to Drive to Louisville?

This essay by Theo Anderson is part of the “Why I Fight series,” which offers personal reflections on train advocacy by Alliance staff, members, and friends. Go here for a related rant by Anderson, “Why Can’t I Take the Train to Indy,” and go here for executive...