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The Fresno Bee’s Tim Sheehan has published another entry in his series on Spanish high speed rail, this one focusing on HSR’s impact on farms and smaller mid-line cities. It’s much more useful for his Fresno audience, although the article is syndicated around the state. This article, in contrast to his previous article on HSR [...]
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 [...]
On Monday Senator Dianne Feinstein wrote to Governor Jerry Brown to strongly support his plan to create a new agency that would include the Authority and Caltrans: I am writing to express my strong support for your plan to move the California High Speed Rail Authority into a Transportation Agency under your Administration’s direction. I [...]
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