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In a New York Times op-ed today, Christian Wolmar argues for focusing national HSR efforts on the Northeast Corridor, upgrading the Acela as a demonstration of HSR’s value:
Yet the $8 billion set aside for high-speed rail in his 2009 stimulus package, split among 31 states, includes only two genuine high-speed rail projects — in Florida [...]
The New York Times reports that the HSR stimulus cash was spread around in a very politically sensible way:
According to an E&E analysis, the passenger rail lines that received stimulus cash go through more than 40 percent of all congressional districts, including those represented by a number of powerful lawmakers that will play a key [...]
Although we had expected the question of who gets the HSR stimulus to be settled by the FRA when the awards were made last month, we now know that was just the start of an ongoing process to get those funds translated into steel in the ground. California has either $1.825 billion or $2.25 billion [...]
Note: See updates at the bottom of the post.
Tomorrow is going to be an excellent day for California High Speed Rail. Multiple sources have verified that California will receive $2.35 billion in federal passenger rail stimulus funds. $2.25 billion of that goes directly to high speed rail, the other $100 million goes to other passenger [...]
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