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One of the consequences of the media’s just blithely assuming, in spite of the facts, that somehow Congressional Republican opposition to HSR means the feds will never ever fund it ever again, is that suddenly people just feel free to make wild and unsupported speculation about the future of not only the California high speed [...]
We’ve known that high speed rail in California has been a serious project for 30 years, since Governor Jerry Brown worked to launch a Los Angeles to San Diego Shinkansen in his second term in 1982. But what you may not have known is that the idea of high speed rail connecting California’s major metro [...]
“Will it be good for Bakersfield? Oh absolutely. Will it be good for the San Joaquin Valley? Absolutely. Will it be good for California? Absolutely. Do we need it? We needed this 30 years ago.” So begins Day 14 of an amazing journey. Three young men from Hanford – Travis and Adam Souza and Nate [...]
Last week the Bay Area Council came out with a new plan for Peninsula HSR that would electrify Caltrain, bring HSR to the Transbay Terminal, and have the Metropolitan Transportation Commission oversee the process. This week the plan appears to be gathering momentum: “That’s part of what prompted us to consider getting involved,” said Adrienne [...]
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