Just over a week ago, as I sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic on US 101 southbound in San Martin, on a freeway packed full of traffic headed to the Gilroy Garlic Festival, I asked my wife rhetorically “how on earth can anyone in Gilroy look at this traffic and not be beating down the door to [...]

Some of the cities that will benefit most from high speed rail will be those in between the major cities. Fresno, Merced, and Bakersfield will all be transformed into important, prosperous cities tied into the job markets of Southern California and the Bay Area with high speed rail. Those cities, with high unemployment rates and [...]

Last week, the CHSRA held a meeting in Morgan Hill on the proposed HSR route. As we’re seeing in other agricultural parts of the state, Morgan Hill is witnessing a debate between those who want to put the tracks on the edge of town, and those farmers who prefer it not be in their fields. [...]

The agenda for the June 2010 board meeting is posted, and the live feed is here.
There will be discussions of the response to the flawed State Auditor’s report, and of two new Alignment Alternatives – San José to Merced and Fresno to Bakersfield. You can find the links to the AA reports and presentations here.
UPDATE: [...]