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How many times do we have to tell people that the Central Valley segment of high speed rail is NOT a “train to nowhere”? Even though we keep pointing out that the segment connects Bakersfield to Fresno and points northward, even though we keep pointing out that it’s just the start of the full route [...]
One reason I gave only a brief response to yesterday’s LA Times editorial attacking the HSR project was that we at Californians For High Speed Rail were preparing an op-ed in response. We submitted it to the Times this morning, and they said they don’t run op-ed responses to their editorials in their print edition. [...]
This editorial in today’s Los Angeles Times was pretty depressing to read. Not because it makes any new points – it doesn’t. Instead it pretty much repeats the discredited Legislative Analyst’s Office attack almost verbatim. As such, I don’t really need to do a thorough debunking here. I’ll hit the main points: • The Times [...]
I think the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board is confused: Californians have embraced the idea of high-speed rail tying together our state but, like many dreams, it has lost some of its glow in the harsh light of reality. This is especially true on the Peninsula, where a majority favors the high-speed train but community [...]
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