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Governor Jerry Brown delivered his State of the State of the address in Sacramento today, and it included a strong defense of the state’s high speed rail project. But just as important was the context. Governor Brown rejects the argument from “the declinists” – people who believe that California is in decline and the state [...]
The Los Angeles Times editorial board is a solidly pro-high speed rail group, but their reporting on the project is a different matter entirely. While an editorial board is free to take whatever position they want to on any issue, the articles written by reporters are supposed to be rooted in facts and free of [...]
The California legislature is in a winter lull right now, but things will pick up soon and one of the main topics will be whether or not to agree to Governor Jerry Brown’s request to spend Prop 1A bond money to begin high speed rail construction. And according to Daniel Borenstein of the Contra Costa [...]
One of the most successful high speed rail systems in the world is Spain’s Alta Velocidad Española, or AVE for short. Operated by RENFE, Spain’s public rail service, the AVE trains debuted in 1992 connecting Madrid to Sevilla. In 2008 the long-awaited Madrid to Barcelona route opened and within two years took over half the [...]
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