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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
Caltrans Wants Input on California State Rail Plan
A series of open houses will present the 2018 California State Rail Plan, the state's strategic plan for creating a coordinated, statewide rail network. What does it need?
October 30, 2017
Update on Plans to Get Trains into S.F. Transbay Terminal
The San Francisco Planning Department will be presenting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors with updated plans for getting trains from the Caltrain corridor into the lower level of the Transbay Transit Center.
June 19, 2017
High-Speed Rail Authority Discusses Routes to Anaheim
California high-speed rail proposes to use the existing rail alignment between L.A.'s Union Station and ARTIC in Anaheim. That will require some modifications, including a number of grade separations.
April 19, 2017
Did Some Political Pork Give a Boost to High-Speed Rail?
A new ACE extension could theoretically offer a medium speed, one-seat ride from Bakersfield to Downtown San Francisco. It wouldn't require any transfers and it would save hours off the current trip, making it competitive with driving.
April 18, 2017
Tidbits from This Week’s U.S. High Speed Rail Association Conference
Here are a few things learned at the U.S. High Speed Rail Association's West Coast Rail Conference in L.A. this week. Some of this may not be news to folks who follow high-speed rail issues closely, but it bears repeating to a broader audience.
March 2, 2017
California’s Infrastructure Priorities Are for the Cars
Governor Jerry Brown responded to President Trump's call for a list of infrastructure priorities with a list of highway expansions, with a dollop of transit and one urgent waterway.
February 24, 2017
CA Republicans’ Attack on High-Speed Rail Would Hurt Existing Transit
A letter from California Republicans contained a "material misstatement of fact"—that is, a lie—and threatens a grant for Caltrain, not for high-speed rail.
February 7, 2017
