High Speed Rail
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Rail Across America
You’ve probably seen this already. It’s the latest graphic representation of the nation’s proposed high-speed rail corridors, and it’s been all over the transportation blogosphere since President Obama stood beside it at a press conference last week. Those corridors are likely to change somewhat as the administration refines its new strategy for high-speed rail, says … Continued
April 20, 2009
Gov. Talks Transportation Financing and Expansion on Meet the Press
This week Governor Schwarzenegger joined Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Meet the Press. A partial clip of the Governor's statement on transportation can be found above and the full segment can be viewed at the Meet the Press website; but for those at work, here's what the governor had to say about traffic and funding after each politician's opening statement:
March 24, 2009
CALPIRG Rallies Students for Prop. 1A, High Speed Rail
CALPIRG, one of the most visible supporters of Proposition 1a, which would provide funds for a High Speed Rail service from San Francisco to San Diego, hosted an open forum on the project earlier today at UCLA. Handing out t-shirts, buttons, signs and other paraphanalia, the forum almost seemed more of a sporting event than … Continued
October 21, 2008
Dana Gabbard: Yes on High Speed Rail
(As we've already seen today with Measure R, the campaign for and against Proposition 1A, a bonding measure to pay for High Speed Rail, is also heating up as the weather cools down. Today, the Times profiled the efforts to support and oppose the ballot prop. Speaking for those in favor, Dana Gabbard writes below some of the many reasons that Californians should support High Speed Rail in a couple of weeks.)
October 15, 2008
CALPIRG Wants Your Help to Pass High Speed Rail
(The following piece is by Erin Steva, CALPIRG's high speed rail coordinator for the Greater Los Angeles area. Her contact information is at the bottom for anyone interested in helping to get a bonding ballot proposition passed next November.)
October 9, 2008
Breaking News: Governor Agrees to Sign High-Speed Rail Bill
As we continue to await word on whether we'll be able to vote on Metro's sales tax proposal, alternative transportation advocates did get some good news out of Sacramento earlier today. Governor Schwarzenegger, who famously declared he would veto all legislation that didn't have to do with the state budget, reversed course and said he would sign enabling legislation to placing a bonding measure to build a high-speed rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The California High Speed Rail Authority estimates that it would take 2.5 hours for the train to travel between the two cities, meaning the average speed would be 140 miles per hour.
August 26, 2008