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Note from Robert: the following post is from Kenya Wheeler, a graduate student in the Department of City and Regional Planning at U.C. Berkeley. Thanks to him for agreeing to write this post! The future of High Speed Rail took center stage at a crowded panel discussion with over 120 attendees on May 19th at [...]
Last Thursday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 619, Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield’s Holocaust Survivor Responsibility Act. Targeted at SNCF, the French national railway that has been interested in building and/or operating the California HSR system, AB 619 would have required any company bidding on our HSR project to disclose whether they transported anyone to Nazi concentration [...]
I’ve heard mixed messages about Japan’s interest in California high speed rail in recent months. Overall they seem quite interested, particularly JR Central. But there was another report recently, can’t remember where I heard this (and can’t find a link to it), that indicated Japan has cooled on CA HSR because they prefer closed systems [...]
Yonah Freemark at the Transport Politic today examines Amtrak’s reorganization plan, which revolves around their decision to pursue HSR operations: Suddenly forced to reckon with the prospect of serious competition from foreign companies, Amtrak has announced an internal reorganization that prioritizes the development and implementation of high-speed rail service in the United States. In addition, [...]
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