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1. Caltrain board approves MOU with CHSRA: One last-minute change to the deal was the elimination of a controversial passage that indicated the bullet train would operate on a four-track alignment, assuming there typically would be two tracks for Caltrain and a pair for high-speed rail. This was only “controversial” because Palo Alto insists on [...]
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 [...]
One of the core claims of the HSR deniers that are trying to kill the system on the Peninsula is that an above-grade set of rails will look like a freeway – like some sort of “Berlin Wall”. Here’s what one group of deniers claims will result in Menlo Park from above-grade HSR: The only [...]
Note: Rafael wrote much of this post, and I’ve made some edits and additions. -Robert There’s an interesting article in the Politico today on President Barack Obama’s central role in getting the $8 billion in HSR funds into the stimulus. The article portrays the $8 billion for HSR in the stimulus bill as part of [...]
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