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Trump Wants California’s High-Speed Rail Money
A legal fight is likely to follow FRA's unprecedented and highly political effort to rescind $3.5 billion from the project.
February 20, 2019
Editorial: My French Teacher and California High-Speed Rail
Reflections on being trapped in a recurring nightmare of misinformation about rail
February 20, 2019
High-Speed Rail’s Central Valley Segment Is Already Connected to Bay Area
HSR trains can immediately through-run to Bay Area and Sacramento on existing tracks
February 15, 2019
No, Mr. President, You Can’t Have California’s High-Speed Rail Money Back
Trump tweets, then Governor Newsom responds, making it clear that high-speed rail is not going away
February 14, 2019
California High-Speed Rail Is Still On
Fatuous headlines abound after Newsom's confusing State of the State speech
February 14, 2019
Newsom Says High-Speed Rail Serving the Central Valley Is Not a “Train to Nowhere”
But he did NOT say he was abandoning the entire project
February 12, 2019
High Speed Rail Will Take People out of Electric Cars?
Latest oil-industry funded editorial reaches new levels of silly
February 8, 2019
Amtrak to S.F. via a New Transbay Tube?
Capitol Corridor and BART are discussing building a second Transbay tube to carry trains from both systems
February 7, 2019
Blue Line Closure: Pleasant Surprises and Many Frustrations with Metro’s Temporary Shuttles
Metro's "New Blue" rehabilitation has temporarily closed the lower end of the Blue Line. Replacement buses are making the Long Beach to L.A. an exhaustingly long trek.
January 30, 2019
Open Thread: More SMART Trains for the Bay Area?
With new rail service breaking the one-millionth rider mark, is it time to think about extending past Larkspur and applying this strategy in other parts of the Bay Area?
January 23, 2019
