Comments for California High Speed Rail Blog http://www.cahsrblog.com California High Speed Rail support blog, spreading news and info about the high speed trains project approved by California voters in November 2008. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on SCAG and San Gabriel Valley Embrace HSR Alignment by Jon http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/scag-and-san-gabriel-valley-embrace-hsr-alignment/comment-page-1/#comment-138741 Jon Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:40:50 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5239#comment-138741 I'm guessing that the reason he vetoed that attempt to disburse the funds was so that he could reprogram them to the sections of Caltrain and Metrolink that parallel the HSR route as part of the 'blended' approach. Smart move. I’m guessing that the reason he vetoed that attempt to disburse the funds was so that he could reprogram them to the sections of Caltrain and Metrolink that parallel the HSR route as part of the ‘blended’ approach. Smart move.

]]> Comment on SCAG and San Gabriel Valley Embrace HSR Alignment by synonymouse http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/scag-and-san-gabriel-valley-embrace-hsr-alignment/comment-page-1/#comment-138740 synonymouse Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:38:05 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5239#comment-138740 OPB suggests a 20 mile base tunnel: http://www.altamontpress.com/discussion/read.php?1,69389,69472#msg-69472 What's not to like? OPB suggests a 20 mile base tunnel:

http://www.altamontpress.com/discussion/read.php?1,69389,69472#msg-69472

What’s not to like?

]]> Comment on House Republicans Vote to Defund Mass Transit in America by StevieB http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-mass-transit-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-138739 StevieB Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:33:21 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5242#comment-138739 In California registered Democrats are strongest in the 20 coastal counties while registered Republicans are strongest in the 38 inland counties. According to a <a href="http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2383.pdf" rel="nofollow">Field Poll</a> there has been a significant shift in the GOP registration in the last 20 years. <blockquote>Coastal California voters have become increasingly Democratic in their registration and voting in recent years, while Inland California voters are becoming more Republican. For example, registered Democrats now outnumber registered Republicans by 19 percentage points (46% to 27%) in Coastal California, up from a 14-point advantage 20 years ago. On the other hand, there are now more Registered Republicans (40%) than Democrats (38%) in Inland California, a change from 1992 when Democrats outnumbered Republicans by 8 points. In both regions there has also been a significant increase in the proportion of voters registering as non-partisan.</blockquote> In California registered Democrats are strongest in the 20 coastal counties while registered Republicans are strongest in the 38 inland counties. According to a Field Poll there has been a significant shift in the GOP registration in the last 20 years.
Coastal California voters have become increasingly Democratic in their registration and voting in recent years, while Inland California voters are becoming more Republican. For example, registered Democrats now outnumber registered Republicans by 19 percentage points (46% to 27%) in Coastal California, up from a 14-point advantage 20 years ago. On the other hand, there are now more Registered Republicans (40%) than Democrats (38%) in Inland California, a change from 1992 when Democrats outnumbered Republicans by 8 points. In both regions there has also been a significant increase in the proportion of voters registering as non-partisan.

]]> Comment on House Republicans Vote to Defund Mass Transit in America by TRENTBRIDGE http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-mass-transit-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-138738 TRENTBRIDGE Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:30:32 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5242#comment-138738 Am I the only person who thinks it's ironic that California's HSR plan needs about $100 billion and our very own Apple Corp has just that amount of cash stuck in its piggy bank? Call it California ispeed rail if you have to! Am I the only person who thinks it’s ironic that California’s HSR plan needs about $100 billion and our very own Apple Corp has just that amount of cash stuck in its piggy bank? Call it California ispeed rail if you have to!

]]> Comment on House Republicans Vote to Defund Mass Transit in America by jimsf http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-mass-transit-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-138737 jimsf Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:11:03 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5242#comment-138737 totally off topic but hooray for prop 8 being overturned! Perhaps we should put the gays in charge of ca high speed rail. It may not run on time but the trip will be fabulous. totally off topic but hooray for prop 8 being overturned! Perhaps we should put the gays in charge of ca high speed rail. It may not run on time but the trip will be fabulous.

]]> Comment on House Republicans Vote to Defund Mass Transit in America by VBobier http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-mass-transit-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-138736 VBobier Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:39:41 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5242#comment-138736 Yeah, but this tripe of a Bill must be opposed, at all costs, until 2013 if needed. Yeah, but this tripe of a Bill must be opposed, at all costs, until 2013 if needed.

]]> Comment on SCAG and San Gabriel Valley Embrace HSR Alignment by synonymouse http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/scag-and-san-gabriel-valley-embrace-hsr-alignment/comment-page-1/#comment-138735 synonymouse Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:23:42 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5239#comment-138735 pushing daisies pushing daisies

]]> Comment on SCAG and San Gabriel Valley Embrace HSR Alignment by synonymouse http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/scag-and-san-gabriel-valley-embrace-hsr-alignment/comment-page-1/#comment-138734 synonymouse Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:23:04 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5239#comment-138734 1952 did not happen. Why are you so afraid to engineer out the Quantm proposal? Could it be it is so good as to displace the Grand DeTour. Good luck to you down the road finding enough taxpayers to subvent this money pit. I'll be pushig by the time the TWU has taken over running your Palmdale BART on steroids but goes on strike every couple weeks. The limousine liberals and Buffett phonies will have sheltered all their fortunes and you'll be taxing the underclass to pay for welfare. Meantime Jerry and Antonio will have drained you precious CV dry as a bone and tumbleweeds will be drifting thru the auto theft capital of the US. 1952 did not happen.

Why are you so afraid to engineer out the Quantm proposal? Could it be it is so good as to displace the Grand DeTour.

Good luck to you down the road finding enough taxpayers to subvent this money pit. I’ll be pushig by the time the TWU has taken over running your Palmdale BART on steroids but goes on strike every couple weeks. The limousine liberals and Buffett phonies will have sheltered all their fortunes and you’ll be taxing the underclass to pay for welfare.

Meantime Jerry and Antonio will have drained you precious CV dry as a bone and tumbleweeds will be drifting thru the auto theft capital of the US.

]]> Comment on House Republicans Vote to Defund Mass Transit in America by jim http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-mass-transit-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-138733 jim Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:48:06 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5242#comment-138733 What happens if there's no authorization? If neither reauthorization can pass the other house and the House refuses to extend the existing authorization once more? There's an appropriation in place through the end of the fiscal year. Gas taxes presumably couldn't be collected. States would not be able to sign multi-year contracts for transportation. But I'm not sure that there's any shutdown. What happens if there’s no authorization? If neither reauthorization can pass the other house and the House refuses to extend the existing authorization once more? There’s an appropriation in place through the end of the fiscal year. Gas taxes presumably couldn’t be collected. States would not be able to sign multi-year contracts for transportation. But I’m not sure that there’s any shutdown.

]]> Comment on House Republicans Vote to Defund Mass Transit in America by Drunk Engineer http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/02/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-mass-transit-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-138732 Drunk Engineer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:37:44 +0000 http://www.cahsrblog.com/?p=5242#comment-138732 Some attack search strings to try: Soviet-style Amtrak 100% cost blowout California HSR Rick Scott vindicated by California HSR cost explosion Ohio 3C Snail-Rail Some attack search strings to try:

Soviet-style Amtrak
100% cost blowout California HSR
Rick Scott vindicated by California HSR cost explosion
Ohio 3C Snail-Rail

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