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As a spring general election looms, Britain is moving ahead with planning its high speed rail network, intended to someday link London to Scotland via the populous Midlands cities. Already some of the key issues are being identified, as the Guardian reports. They include: • What happens to Heathrow Airport? The HSR network could obviate [...]
Although the Peninsula Cities Consortium has been the most prominent organization with the initials PCC to be involved in HSR recently, there’s another PCC that could play a key role in HSR for some years to come. That group is the Pacific Coast Collaborative, formed by the governors of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California, as [...]
I’m in Tahoe for the weekend, so I won’t have a chance to post as often. Use this as an open thread for all your HSR-related topics. Comment starter: Where would you use HSR to go for an in-state vacation once the SF-LA-Anaheim line is completed and open for service? What connecting rail services should [...]
The New York Times reports that the HSR stimulus cash was spread around in a very politically sensible way: According to an E&E analysis, the passenger rail lines that received stimulus cash go through more than 40 percent of all congressional districts, including those represented by a number of powerful lawmakers that will play a [...]
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