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Note from Robert Cruickshank: The following is a guest post from Tom McNamara, a regular commenter on the blog, about the initial operating segment requirement in state and federal law regarding HSR funding. Future installments of this series will appear in the next few days and weeks. THE EVOLUTION OF INTIAL OPERATING SEGMENT PART I: [...]
I had a nagging feeling that yesterday’s post on Richard Florida’s article in The New Republic, “The Roadmap to a High Speed Recovery”, was too short. And judging by the reactions in the comments, the role of HSR in 21st century economic prosperity needs to be more thoroughly explained – as do Florida’s own ideas. [...]
As mandated by Proposition 1A, the California High Speed Rail Authority is beginning its process of studying the Altamont Corridor alignment. Have a look at their announcement newsletter for some details. The project corridor is defined as San José to Stockton, with a possible spur to Modesto: As you can tell, this is basically an [...]
In recent months, whenever we mentioned Sacramento on this blog, it was in the context of state politics – especially the saga of AB3034 (the bill enacted by proposition 1A), the even more tortuous state budget process and its impact on CHSRA. Yet there is also a bona fide HSR spur from Merced to Sacramento [...]
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