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So this is an odd article (from the California Farm Bureau): As the state’s High-Speed Rail Authority plans an 800-mile high-speed rail system that will help alleviate congestion on roadways and transport passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in a little over two and a half hours, California’s agricultural landscape is likely to change [...]
That’s what their execs are saying: Construction crews could begin work on a proposed high-speed rail line to Las Vegas as early as next year, executives with the company behind the project said. “The strong need for the project is clear and obvious,” said Andrew Mack, vice president of Las Vegas-based DesertXpress Enterprises. The devil [...]
Back to the Peninsula this Saturday afternoon, where Palo Alto is working to find allies to demand a “tunnel or nothing” approach to HSR: At the same time, city officials have been getting a plethora of free assistance from a group of city residents who, over the past few months, immersed themselves in rail-related issues. [...]
So says BNSF CEO Matthew K. Rose: An estimated $13 billion in new federal money for high-speed passenger rail service should go to a single project that demonstrates its effectiveness, the top executive of freight railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI) said Thursday. “I’m concerned (the money) will be spread like peanut butter” nationwide [...]
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