high-speed rail projects

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, center, and Edward Markey, right, presenting the Green New Deal.

On Sunday, Hong Kong gets a high-speed rail connection to Guangzhou and other cities in mainland China. Not everyone is thrilled.

On Sunday, Hong Kong gets a high-speed rail connection to Guangzhou and other cities in mainland China. Not everyone is thrilled.

A homing pigeon race in Zhengzhou, China, in 2012. The pigeons are raised in lofts, then taken hundreds of miles away and released. The first pigeon to fly back to the loft wins.

A homing pigeon race in Zhengzhou, China, in 2012. The pigeons are raised in lofts, then taken hundreds of miles away and released. The first pigeon to fly back to the loft wins.

A homing pigeon race in Zhengzhou, China, in 2012. The pigeons are raised in lofts, then taken hundreds of miles away and released. The first pigeon to fly back to the loft wins.

A homing pigeon race in Zhengzhou, China, in 2012. The pigeons are raised in lofts, then taken hundreds of miles away and released. The first pigeon to fly back to the loft wins.

Proponents of the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed rail line hope that erecting part of the line now will make future governors less likely to abandon the project. A viaduct in Fresno, Calif.,

Proponents of the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed rail line hope that erecting part of the line now will make future governors less likely to abandon the project. A viaduct in Fresno, Calif.,

Construction in March of the West Kowloon Terminus in Hong Kong, which will greatly speed rail travel between the city and mainland China.

An architectural rendering of Amazon’s proposed building in Boston’s Seaport district. The structure would be home for an additional 2,000 technology workers, Amazon said.

One of the border wall prototypes unveiled at a construction site in San Diego last October. President Trump will visit the area on Tuesday.

One of the border wall prototypes unveiled at a construction site in San Diego last October. President Trump will visit the area on Tuesday.

Construction on the West Kowloon railway terminus station in Hong Kong, slated to open in late 2018. Plans are underway to place an immigration and customs checkpoint inside that would be operated by

Anne Frank in 1942. She was deported by train to a concentration camp two years later.

Anne Frank in 1942. She was deported by train to a concentration camp two years later.

A Shinkansen high-speed train operated by Central Japan Railway in Tokyo, in 2014. Some of its trains contain aluminum parts from Kobe Steel that did not meet industry standards.

Siemens Alstom would make systems and equipment for two of Europe’s high-speed rail lines, Germany’s ICE and France’s TGV, which can zip between cities at about 185 m.p.h.