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California’s unemployment rate has been above 11% for the last two years. Places like Manteca having been hit the hardest – San Joaquin County’s unemployment rate is 16.7%. The damage was done in 2008, when the economy shrank by 3.7% in the 3rd quarter and by a shocking 8.9% in the 4th quarter. And the [...]
Since at least 2008, Peninsula NIMBYs have seen their salvation in the Altamont Pass alignment. The logic here is that by crossing the bay at Dumbarton, and somehow getting out toward the Tri-Valley area and crossing into the Central Valley at Altamont instead of at Pacheco Pass, there won’t be any high speed trains at [...]
As mandated by Proposition 1A, the California High Speed Rail Authority is beginning its process of studying the Altamont Corridor alignment. Have a look at their announcement newsletter for some details. The project corridor is defined as San José to Stockton, with a possible spur to Modesto: As you can tell, this is basically an [...]
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