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I’m kind of surprised that right-wing anti-high speed rail forces didn’t try this stunt sooner. Today a Republican pollster based in Orange County put out a push poll attacking the project. The poll claims to have surveyed 750 California voters who were likely to vote in the June 2012 primary. That’s a pretty small universe, [...]
I know you’ll all be shocked to read this: High speed rail is a very realistic alternative in Europe and Asia, but in the US there are very few routes that can currently be replaced by rail transport. When asked whether they would pick rail over air when available: * 79% would choose train over [...]
So, I don’t quite know what to make of this poll, but I’ll pass it along anyway. The San Francisco Examiner is reporting on a poll done by BW Research Partners. The poll is about HSR, but takes what I would consider something of an odd tack – asking if Californians would support HSR even [...]
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a poll today that, among other subjects, asked voters why they voted as they did on Proposition 1A. The results are an interesting gauge of the reasons for public support for HSR, even if the questions are a bit general and lack the level of depth I’d [...]
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