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In what is a natural follow-up to the post on the 2009 Business Plan revision from earlier this week, which after all is intended to entice private investment, the San Jose Mercury News is reporting on China’s interest in funding California high speed rail: As California’s High Speed Rail Authority meets in San Jose today [...]
Last week I wrote about how HSR train manufacturing could provide a long-term boost to California’s economy. On Friday we received news that the federal government, along with the states of California and Michigan, are already thinking along these lines. US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that 32 companies had committed to building a US-based [...]
Today I’m going to be in Sacramento for the California Labor Federation’s Economic Recovery Summit. The agenda includes discussions about creating jobs that can provide lasting economic recovery, ensuring a broadly shared prosperity that won’t be dependent on a massive wave of debt as were the last three economic booms. It also includes a discussion [...]
After a quiet week on the HSR news front, December is starting off with a lot of HSR news from around the state and the country. Here are some of the key stories: The New York Times wonders why there are no “superprojects” under way in the country at this time, conveniently ignoring the California [...]
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