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A few items that don’t on their own merit a post but are worth mentioning: • Jim Hartnett of Redwood City, a member of the California High Speed Rail Authority board, has a good op-ed in the Mercury News today promoting the HSR project and the business plan. It doesn’t break any new ground but [...]
In the aftermath of the Wenzhou crash, where two Chinese high speed trains collided after a lighting strike caused a signal to fail, the Chinese high speed rail system has been coming under intense domestic scrutiny for its perceived safety lapses. In response to public pressure, the Chinese government this week announced it is dropping [...]
Last month’s Wenzhou high speed rail crash, which killed at least 39 people, has had a profound effect on the Chinese high speed rail project. After a significant amount of public pushback, including a powerful outpouring of anger at Premier Wen Jiabao, Chinese leaders have taken steps to slow the development of the HSR system [...]
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 [...]
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