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Apologies for the sparse postings this week – I’m in Southern California for the holidays, enjoying the warm sunshine (and feeling a bit of shock at the cool evening temperatures). A few items I’ve been following lately: • Over at the California Majority Report Steven Maviglio raises good points about the San Jose Mercury News [...]

Dec 24th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized

Hope everyone is enjoying the long holiday weekend. I’ll have a more in-depth post up tomorrow, but for today use this as an open thread to continue whatever discussions are on everyone’s mind. Including how better passenger rail, including HSR, would have made your holiday travel plans easier and/or more convenient.

Nov 26th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized

A few items that don’t on their own merit a post but are worth mentioning: • Jim Hartnett of Redwood City, a member of the California High Speed Rail Authority board, has a good op-ed in the Mercury News today promoting the HSR project and the business plan. It doesn’t break any new ground but [...]

Nov 14th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized

This image has been bouncing around the internets this weekend – I first saw it here, although I do not know the original source: Captures the sentiment well. The United States is being left behind by the rest of the globe. While countries such as Saudi Arabia invest in high speed rail, the House of [...]

Nov 6th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized