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Much of the recent attack on high speed rail in California, especially by credulous government watchdog agencies like the Legislative Analyst’s Office and the State Auditor, is due to the fact that the extremist House Republican majority is rapidly anti-rail and has cut future high speed rail funding in pursuit of that agenda. For some [...]
One of the problems with political reporting in America today is the assumption that certain things are permanent when in fact they are transitory. A lot can happen in two years. In 2009 the stimulus had gotten through and Congress, controlled by Democrats, was poised to pass a major health insurance overhaul. Here in 2011 [...]
Two significant announcements from the White House today could have an impact on the California high speed rail project. The first is President Barack Obama’s call for a “clean” extension of the expired transportation bill: As part of an effort to spur additional job creation, the Obama administration will push Congress to keep surface transportation [...]
Time for an update on the long-delayed federal Transportation Bill. It was due to be reauthorized in 2009, was kicked down the road to 2010, and now languishes in 2011, with the White House having previously discussed even waiting until 2013. 100 House Democrats had pushed for $50 billion for high speed rail in the [...]
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