As a result of the CHSRA agreeing to study track sharing between LA and Anaheim, the EIR for that segment, which was to be released next month, will instead be released in January 2011: David M. Thomson, an engineer with the consulting firm STV, said the rail authority has pushed back publication of its draft [...]

The Palo Alto Daily Post doesn’t believe in putting its content online, which may have made sense in 1997, I guess, but is anachronistic here in 2010. On the other hand, it does mean that their anti-HSR extremism hasn’t gotten as much notice and attention outside Palo Alto. Whether that’s good or bad, I don’t [...]

In advance of Thursday’s release of the draft Alternatives Analysis and in response to the recent recertification of the Bay Area-Central Valley EIR, Peninsula activists are beginning to organize their response. One group, Californians Advocating Responsible Rail Design (CARRD), has produced a a guide to writing effective EIR comments. It is a very useful and [...]

Been meaning to write about this since I first learned of it a few days ago, but I’ve been rather busy myself (as you probably noticed). As Mike Rosenberg reports, the Alternatives Analysis for the Peninsula segment that was to be released on March 4 will be delayed until at least April 1: The planners [...]