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As part of his trip to China, Governor Jerry Brown, California High Speed Rail Authority board chairman Dan Richard, and the press pool following them took the high speed train from Beijing to Shanghai today. It was not only a good opportunity for the governor and the board chairman to experience Chinese HSR up close, [...]
The main purpose of any transportation project is to help people get to where they want to go. Cost should be a subsidiary factor in the planning of any transportation project. Unfortunately, in the 30 years since right-wing ideology became politically ascendant, keeping costs down so that rich people didn’t have to pay higher taxes [...]
OK, OK, the headline for this post is something of a tease. Today China began service on the world’s longest HSR line, running nearly 2,300 kilometers from Beijing to Guangzhou: Two trains departed from stations in Beijing and Guangzhou at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., respectively, to mark the opening of the 2,298-km line. Running [...]
Some high speed rail updates from around the world: • Britain’s transport minister plans to fast track HS2 between London and Birmingham, setting up a possible intra-party fight between a pro-HS2 Conservative government and Conservative MPs whose seats are along the proposed route where some residents are vehemently opposed to the project. Both the current [...]
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