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Tracy Wood continues her anti-HSR reporting in the online Voice of OC website with an article about a meeting between CHSRA Chair Curt Pringle and State Senators Alan Lowenthal and Bob Huff: Curt Pringle, in his capacity as chairman of California’s High Speed Rail Authority, sat down last week with two of the state’s most [...]

May 11th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

We’d heard a little bit about this proposal at the RailPAC event in Los Angeles two weeks ago – because of concerns about the Taylor Yard section of the route along the LA River just north of Union Station, there are some very preliminary discussions about moving the HSR route to a tunnel under Dodger [...]

May 1st, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

Predictably, the State Auditor’s flawed HSR report has led to its share of “omg HSR is DOOOMED!!!1!1″ articles in the media – as well as some more measured and sensible pieces. Mike Rosenberg and Will Oremus again show they’re two of the best reporters on the HSR beat with this article – and I’m not [...]

Apr 30th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

The California State Auditor is out with a report criticizing the California High Speed Rail Authority and their planning of the project. The criticisms are generally sensible, and stem from the fact that the Authority is still staffing up to meet the challenge of planning and implementing the project, and the Auditor lays out some [...]

Apr 29th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized