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Much as I expected, the 2009 Business Plan has become fodder for all the usual suspects to try and rehash their tired anti-HSR arguments. Although they failed completely in their efforts to use those arguments to block Prop 1A in 2008, they see an opportunity to reverse that outcome with any news that the HSR [...]
One of the more typical and predictable journalistic responses to the new HSR cost estimates is from the San Jose Mercury News: Those hoping to ride the state’s high-speed train next decade will have to dig much deeper into their wallets than officials originally thought, a harsh reality that will chase away millions of passengers, [...]
Submitted one day early, the 2009 California High Speed Rail Business Plan is now available to the public. It is 145 pages long, but there are two basic points that you’re almost certainly going to hear about over the coming hours and days: 1. The estimated cost to build Phase I of the project is [...]
China, which is engaged in a massive high speed rail expansion project as part of both its economic stimulus and energy independence efforts, is witnessing a major shift of riders from planes to trains. As a result, airlines like China Southern are planning to focus on the international market, as short-haul trips are increasingly taken [...]
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