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The LA Times is running a “dust up” in its opinion pages – a weeklong discussion of high speed rail between Adrian Moore of the oil company funded Reason Foundation and Dan Tempelis, project manager for the CHSRA on the Palmdale-LA section of the route. It’s something of an unfair fight, as Moore is trained [...]

Oct 21st, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized

Michael Cabanatuan’s article on Prop 1A in today’s San Francisco Chronicle is one of the best articles I’ve seen from the media on high speed rail – partly because he doesn’t just play the “he said, she said” game where someone from the oil company funded Reason Foundation spouts off a bunch of numbers and [...]

Oct 20th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized

I’ve been regretting not having the time to write a thorough deconstruction of the Cox-Vranich HSR denier report. But the nice thing about high speed rail is that we have a genuine popular movement behind it. This blog is a part of that movement; whether we’re a significant part or not I leave for you [...]

Sep 19th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized

In a joint presentation to the CHSRA last month, a delegation of rail companies from Spain described their experience with ambitious construction and expansion of HSR. Renfe (Spain’s national train operator) provided the most striking slides, showing that Spain and California are kindred spirits, both equally capable of building HSR to provide their citizens convenient, [...]

Jul 31st, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized