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The High Speed Rail Debate Moves to the New York Times
By Damien Newton |
The New York Times yesterday published a series of six opinion pieces debating the merits of the $90 billion High-Speed Rail plan that would connect Los Angeles to San Francisco. Attacks have intensified on the “bullet train” rail project in recent weeks, focused mainly on the projects gigantic $90 billion budget and a recent audit that called funding for […]
Momentum Builds for CA High Speed Rail
By Damien Newton |
CBS Looks at CA’s HSR Application via California High Speed Rail Blog Now that the first round of applications to the federal government for the $8 billion in High Speed Rail which means it’s more than past time to make the case that California deserves more than its share of those funds. California has two […]
Report: In Cutting Emissions, CAHSR Expensive Compared to Local Upgrades
By Melanie Curry |
Streetfilms featured Los Angeles’ Orange Line BRT and bike path in 2009. A new UCLA report says infrastructure projects like the Orange Line are a better way to invest cap-and-trade funds than CA High-Speed Rail. UCLA’s Lewis Center published a report yesterday finding that California’s High-Speed Rail project is a relatively expensive way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) […]
Battle Lines Drawn in High Speed Rail Vote
By Damien Newton |
Later this week, the plan to build a High Speed Rail line connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco faces a crucial vote in the California legislature. Governor Jerry Brown asked lawmakers to release $2.7 billion of the $6 billion in bonds passed by California voters in 2008 for High Speed Rail. Combined with $3.3 billion […]
CAHSR Blog, L.A. Times Paint Different Pictures of High Speed Rail Planning
By Damien Newton |
A video promoting High Speed Rail by the California High Speed Rail Authority In addition to writing a charming piece on bus riding, the Times also published a piece that slammed the efforts to bring High Speed Rail to California. While Rich Connell and Dan Weikel didn’t come right out and say that pursuit of […]
Metro Approves Continuing Work on Union Station Run-Through Tracks
By Joe Linton |
The Metro board approved $13.8M to continue to design and engineer the planned $2.75B Union Station run-through-tracks project.