High-Speed Rail
Streetsblog California
High-Speed Rail Work Continues–as Does the L.A. Times’ Catastrophization
Plus a call for the paper's many unnamed "sources" to get in touch with Streetsblog
August 27, 2020
High Speed Rail: Accommodating Freight and Passengers on the L.A.-to-Anaheim Route
Thirty-day comment period open on building new freight facilities to accommodate HSR construction. Also, Burbank-to-LA EIR comment period ending soon
August 25, 2020
Metro Looks to Shift High Desert Freeway Funds to High-Speed Rail
The way L.A. is approaching the High Desert Corridor represents an important turning point: from prioritizing environmentally destructive car-centric transportation to environmentally-friendly rail transportation
August 19, 2020
High-Speed Rail’s Potential 2020 Turning Point
2008 will be remembered as the year California voters launched America's first HSR project. And 2020 could be the year America decides to complete it.
July 15, 2020
California High-Speed Rail Delays a Contract Three Months, LA Times Sees Doom
"When COVID hit, what we heard back from some of the bidders was that it had caused ripples through financial markets, so they asked for more time to evaluate what those implications are."
June 26, 2020
Help Defend High-Speed Rail
And the LA Times drops more misinformation to back up SoCal lawmakers' anti-HSR money grab
June 22, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: California High-Speed Rail’s Next Steps
A top official at the California High-Speed Rail Authority gives us an update on that mega-project — and also offers lessons on what engineers and planners have learned.
May 15, 2020
SoCal Lawmakers Still Grasping at HSR Funds
Even in the time of COVID-19, some Los Angeles politicians still really, really want to divert $4.8 billion slated for the electrification of California's High-speed Rail Project to unspecified upgrades to Metrolink, Southern California's commuter rail network.
May 6, 2020
Assembly Returns; Transportation Committee Takes on High-Speed Rail, Relief for Parking Debt
Rather than focus on fallout from COVID-19, the Assembly Transportation Committee was bent on reining in the High-Speed Rail Authority
May 5, 2020
High-Speed Rail Construction Continues Under COVID-19
It's tricky practicing social distancing while working on a major construction project, but workers are doing it
March 26, 2020
