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Looks like it’s Caltrain day here at the California High Speed Rail Blog. With Caltrain’s fiscal issues getting more attention, their electrification plan is – rightly, as I’ve argued – being touted as a long-term solution to Caltrain’s problems. As such, the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board is moving quickly to finalize its electrification plans, [...]
Just a few weeks after Peninsula Congresswoman Jackie Speier called for “revisiting” high speed rail, the Peninsula’s other congressional representative, Anna Eshoo, has published an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle titled “Ensure high speed rail is on the right track”. Eshoo is supportive of the HSR project in this op-ed, but argues for giving [...]
Yesterday’s post deserves a follow-up, as the Caltrain issue is real – and unfortunately, so too is the disbelieving reaction. Mike Rosenberg again provides an excellent article on the topic, quoting Californians For High Speed Rail Executive Director Brian Stanke: “There is perhaps greater awareness now that despite different points of view or concerns about [...]
That’s the implicit forecast coming from Caltrain officials, as reported by Mike Rosenberg: Declaring an electric railroad its only chance at salvation, Caltrain officials on Thursday released the most-detailed projections yet of the rail line’s bleak financial picture: $47 million in debt next year — with a gap that will grow by about $1.6 million [...]
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