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In 2010 and 2011 there were a lot of tense discussions in the San Gabriel Valley regarding a possible high speed rail alignment, with concerns in cities such as Alhambra and Rosemead about losing homes to a rail route. (See here for a bit of background.) This past week, the Southern California Association of Governments [...]
Well this is some of the clever, innovative thinking that we expect from Governor Jerry Brown: on ABC7 in Los Angeles this morning, Gov. Brown proposed funding high speed rail through cap-and-trade fees. See the video below (HSR section begins at 3:00): “Phase 1, I’m trying to redesign it in a way that in and [...]
The concept of a Legislative Analyst Office is a good one. The state legislature ought to have a neutral, independent, non-partisan research bureau that is devoted to giving legislators facts and insight as they make important decisions. But that concept falls apart if the LAO provides bad analysis, and especially if it abandons its neutrality [...]
Two of the key architects of the California high speed rail project, Quentin Kopp and Mehdi Morshed, are raising some questions about the California High Speed Rail Authority’s new approach to the project. From KQED: But Kopp and Morshed sound decidedly less enthusiastic these days. They still believe high-speed rail is necessary for the state. [...]
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