Archives
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 [...]
This insane proposal should come as no surprise: The conservative Republican Study Committee has released a document identifying $2.5 trillion in cuts over 10 years, a tangible list of programs conservatives would like to eliminate. This represents the right flank in the upcoming debate over spending that will consume much of the first year of [...]
As the dust settles from Tuesday’s election, we’re starting to get a bit clearer picture of where HSR stands in the new Congress, split between Republican control of the House and Democratic control of the Senate. The biggest news is that John Mica, likely to be the next chair of the House Transportation Committee, criticized [...]
Recent Comments