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At today’s board meeting in Los Angeles California High Speed Rail CEO Roelof van Ark announced his resignation: Roelof van Ark, chief executive officer of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, announced this afternoon that he is quitting, the latest setback for the state’s beleaguered campaign to build a nearly $100 billion rail network in California. [...]
The Legislative Analyst’s Office is rapidly losing credibility in Sacramento, thanks to its uninformed attack on the high speed rail project. Rather than provide neutral, impartial, and informed analysis, the LAO has instead decided to launch a highly politicized effort to intervene in the Legislature’s policy-making role in order to undermine a voter-approved project. Late [...]
Today the Assembly Appropriations Committee heard a number of bills sent to them by the State Senate, including Senator Alan Lowenthal’s SB 517. The bill is Lowenthal’s attack on the HSR project, and would fire the current California High Speed Rail Authority board while replacing it with a board that would likely be less supportive [...]
A few months ago the “hybrid” or “blended” plan for mixing high speed rail and Caltrain on the Peninsula generated strong criticism from HSR advocates, including on this blog. However, it’s also clear that support is growing for the plan. The Bay Area Council’s recent endorsement of a hybrid plan and call for the MTC [...]
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