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Thursday’s announcement by President Barack Obama of the HSR Strategic Plan got a lot of attention in the media and on the blogs – which is just what California’s project needs at this time. Obama’s high-profile leadership for HSR should help focus our state, especially those involved in the contentious debates over how to build [...]
NBC News interviewed Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently, and he gave a very good set of statements about high speed rail and the reasons to invest in the system: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Of course his statements also suggest we here in California are well positioned to [...]
That’s what Steven T. Jones of the San Francisco Bay Guardian reported Friday night: TJPA spokesperson Adam Alberti tells the Guardian that involved agencies are hoping operational adjustments can be made to handle up to eight trains per hour at Transbay, and that the additional four trains per hour that the California High-Speed Rail Authority [...]
Alstom put out a great video about possible interior designs for HSR trains – picture yourself sitting in one of those configurations looking out at the Tehachapis circa 2019 (h/t to Seattle Transit Blog): In fact, the exteriors do indeed look like parts of our Golden State (such as the Tehachapis) and it’s entirely possible [...]
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