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When Florida Governor Rick Scott rejected $2.4 billion in federal high speed rail funding, it set up the possibility that California could reap a big windfall that helps us build out our HSR project. And so we have. Today Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced California will get $300 million of that money: California – Central [...]
Over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill, Angie Schmitt has a great article with an even greater title: What Boondoggle? Private Sector Wants in on HSR Action. Schmitt has some great quotes here that demonstrate not only that the private sector sees HSR as a solid option and rejects utterly the right-wing fantasy that it is somehow [...]
Anti-rail governor Rick Scott won his case in court this morning, as the Florida Supreme Court ruled he had the power to reject $2.4 billion in federal high speed rail funding: The Florida Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Rick Scott’s authority to kill a proposed Orlando-Tampa high-speed rail line backed by President Barack Obama. The [...]
Maybe the problem isn’t the American political system at all. Maybe it’s just that HSR critics refuse to listen to what the people are telling them. In November 2008, California voters approved $10 billion in funding for our high speed rail system. In April 2010, a poll revealed 77% of respondents on the Peninsula supported [...]
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