Archives

Posts Tagged ‘Gilroy’

Three years after filing a frivolous lawsuit against the California High Speed Rail Authority, two years after they largely lost that case, and one year after they failed to get it reopened, a group of Peninsula cities are once again in court to block the project. The same judge, Michael Kenny of Sacramento Superior Court, [...]

Aug 12th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized

While some cities spend their time finding excuses to oppose high speed rail, Gilroy has decided to take a different path. Gilroy city officials have had their concerns about the project, but instead of filing lawsuits or attacking the project, they spent money to launch a visioning project that brings the community together to figure [...]

Jul 21st, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized
Tags:

A few HSR-related items to start your weekend: • High speed rail will be a boon to California sports fans. Although it won’t solve the problem of Dodger fans attacking Giants fans in the Dodger Stadium parking lot… • Breaking news: NIMBYs come up with excuses to oppose project even though every other HSR system [...]

Apr 2nd, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized

The City of Gilroy is about to launch its HSR study, which will examine vertical alignment options as well as where a station should go. If you’ve been following along, you’d know that there are two proposals on the table: a downtown station along the existing tracks, at or very near the Caltrain station; and [...]

Mar 14th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized