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Note: commenter calwatch, a member of the Technical Working Group for the LA – San Diego segment of HSR, kindly contributed to the research for this post. We recently discussed plans to completely remodel the overburdened Lindbergh Field airport and before that, the possibility of extending HSR to Mexico, because the SD Trolley Blue Line [...]

Mar 10th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack, who owes her seat to having been married to Sonny Bono when he died, is launching a new criticism of the Vegas HSR project: that it would come at the expense of the Inland Empire. Obviously Mack, like John Boehner before her, is oblivious to the fact that many of her [...]

Feb 24th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

At least once a day I do a Google news search for california high speed rail and then just plain old high speed rail (I also get daily Google News alerts, which are also useful). In recent weeks the searches have rarely turned up new material and so sometimes, I admit it, I have to [...]

Feb 14th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

Busy day, busy week. Winter break cannot come quickly enough. Two stories for your perusal: 1. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved the scoping plan for the implementation of the AB 32 carbon reduction goals. As we explained in June CARB sees high speed rail as an important part of their overall goal [...]

Dec 11th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized