As Executive Director of Californians For High Speed Rail I have recently joined the “Authors” list here and will be posting news and opinions from Californians For High Speed Rail as we continue and expand our efforts to support, improve, and push forward California’s high speed rail network. On December 4th, Californians For High Speed [...]

Clem has a excellent overview of the tunnel and urban development concepts offered by a group calling itself Innovation Place. You can see some of their award-winning presentation or read more about the plan at Palo Alto Online. Clem’s explanation of their ideas: The crown jewel of Innovation Place is a complete transformation of the [...]

Responding to a column in the San Mateo County Times by John Horgan, Quentin Kopp, member of the CHSRA Board and its president until last month, defends the choice of the Pacheco Pass alignment. Interesting reading, to be sure. After criticizing Horgan and the Times for publishing a “misleading” column and briefly describing the 10 [...]

No, that’s not Bob Dylan on the left, but it might as well be. Of all the major population centers in California, the eastern portion of the San Francisco Bay – Alameda and Contra Costa counties – arguably drew the shortest lot. True, East Bay residents will be closer to HSR stations on the starter [...]