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You can tell a lot about the inherent biases and assumptions of the state’s media by their opinion columnists. Most of them are deeply conservative people. I don’t mean that in an ideological sense, but in an attitudinal sense. They are usually not interested at all in change, and instead look on it skeptically. This [...]
The Fresno Bee’s Tim Sheehan has published another entry in his series on Spanish high speed rail, this one focusing on HSR’s impact on farms and smaller mid-line cities. It’s much more useful for his Fresno audience, although the article is syndicated around the state. This article, in contrast to his previous article on HSR [...]
One of the most successful high speed rail systems in the world is Spain’s Alta Velocidad Española, or AVE for short. Operated by RENFE, Spain’s public rail service, the AVE trains debuted in 1992 connecting Madrid to Sevilla. In 2008 the long-awaited Madrid to Barcelona route opened and within two years took over half the [...]
Stanford historian Richard White has some interesting quotes in this KQED interview. While White’s concern about private companies screwing Californians with taxpayer dollars is a totally legitimate issue, the interview strongly suggests his actual objection to the California high speed rail project is that nobody rides trains in California. It’s an absurd claim that flies [...]
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