Last night the Palo Alto City Council met to discuss its response to the Alternatives Analysis for the San Francisco to San José section of the HSR project. The city’s response is predictable: they’re attacking the planning process and making demands about the design options: The letter identifies what the city considers to be a [...]

Mountain View provides an example of how planning projects near the HSR tracks can be done effectively: The City Council on Tuesday approved a three-story, 50,000-square-foot office building to be built next to the downtown train station. The building, slated for 150 W. Evelyn Ave. alongside the tracks just west of the station, is intended [...]

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 [...]

For most people looking at California’s high speed rail project, the biggest obstacle to its completion would seem to be financial. Prop 1A has put $9 billion on the table to get the project started. We can expect $3 to $4 billion from the federal HSR stimulus. The cost of the first route, SF to [...]