High-Speed Rail
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Denham’s Oversight Hearing on High Speed Rail: “We Could Build 20 Dams for That Price!”
A federal transportation subcommittee—on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials—held a hearing on high-speed rail that wasn't as hostile as its chair seemed to promise
August 9, 2018
Rail Organization Inexplicably Honors Anti-Rail U.S. Rep. Denham
Yes, this is the same Jeff Denham who tried to stop federal funding for the electrification of Caltrain last year, and who vehemently opposes the California High Speed Rail project.
August 7, 2018
Trying to Find the Truth in the Latest LA Times, NY Times CA High-Speed Rail Pieces
NYT gives a balanced recap of a troubled project overcoming obstacles. L.A. Times continues its disgraceful tradition of misleading hit-pieces.
August 1, 2018
High-Speed Rail Authority Meets In L.A., Hears From Critics and Supporters
The CAHSRA board received input on its draft Business Plan and Southern California alignments, but took no action on these
April 17, 2018
Legislative Update: A Few Bills to Watch
The second year of the legislature's two-year cycle is moving into action, with deadlines looming in the next few months for bills to pass their committees. There is still a lot of negotiating and amending coming up, but here are a few bills to keep an eye on.
April 10, 2018
CA Legislature Ponders the Future of High-Speed Rail Program
Two legislative hearings were prompted by the recent release of the California High Speed Rail Authority's updated business plan, which issued new—higher—estimates of the project's costs and a longer timeline for building it.
April 5, 2018
Majority of Californians Still Support HSR
The majority of Californians still support the state's high-speed rail project, according to a new poll.
March 27, 2018
Notes on New High-Speed Rail Business Plan
The California High Speed Rail Authority's new draft business plan includes extending the Caltrain electrification project from San Jose to Gilroy, finishing the Central Valley spine of the system by 2022, and pushing ahead with tunnel design and engineering in the Pacheco Pass.
March 23, 2018
1966 BART Headline Gives Perspective and Context on High-Speed Rail
HSR's cost overruns are real: but so were overruns on systems that are now vital to the economic life of the region.
January 31, 2018
High-Speed Rail Cost Overrun Reporting Raises Questions of Media Bias
Cost overruns are bad, but aren't they equally bad for highway and rail projects?
January 24, 2018
