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As high speed rail planning proceeds along the proposed SF-LA-Anaheim route, more details become known, and more potential conflicts and obstacles appear. That’s an inevitable aspect of planning a project this significant and this big. It’s also an unfortunate side effect of the CHSRA having been a sparsely-funded agency for so many years, making it [...]

Mar 9th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

When I hoped that more California news outlets would produce insightful and factually-based assessments of the HSR project, today’s LA Times article was not what I had in mind. It is a sad example of the American media’s tendency to report the controversy instead of reporting the facts. Too many journalists seem to believe that [...]

Feb 28th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

As Executive Director of Californians For High Speed Rail I have recently joined the “Authors” list here and will be posting news and opinions from Californians For High Speed Rail as we continue and expand our efforts to support, improve, and push forward California’s high speed rail network. On December 4th, Californians For High Speed [...]

Dec 13th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

Yesterday was the deadline to submit scoping comments to the California High Speed Rail Authority for the Los Angeles to San Diego project segment. Californians For High Speed Rail submitted the following comments to the CHSRA regarding the route and station choices. You can read the whole document here, and below I excerpt the main [...]

Nov 21st, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized