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Below is a repost of a Yes on Prop 1A article written by a good friend of mine who blogs as “wu ming” (Mandarin for “anonymous”) at Surf Putah, a blog based in Davis. It’s an excellent overview of not just the case for Prop 1A, but why Central Valley voters, even those who won’t [...]
Note: Robert is honeymooning all week. Regular posting will resume August 3. Until then use these open threads to discuss anything related to the California high speed rail project. Comment Starter: How did you first become interested in high speed rail? Was it a trip on a European or Asian HSR system? Repeated trips on [...]
There’s a fascinating op-ed in the Yomiuri Shimbun by Yoshiyuki Kasai, chairman of the Central Japan Railway Company, focusing on the strategic importance of HSR. Kasai makes a point I’ve been trying to push out here on the blog – that in the 21st century, a global economy is simply not competitive without something like [...]
I’ve occasionally mentioned that the origin of my support for high speed rail was a trip on Spain’s AVE line from Madrid to Sevilla in 2001, in the context of a broader argument that a surefire way to generate support for rail travel is to put people on a train and show them how useful [...]
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