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Tag Archives: California High Speed Rail Authority
Judge Backs High-Speed Rail
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge denied a request Friday from Central Valley farmers who sought to halt work on California's ambitious high-speed rail project. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley denied a request for a preliminary injunction. Groups representing Central … Continue reading
Calif. High-Speed Rail Authority Elects New Chairman
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The board overseeing California's plan to build a $98 billion high-speed rail system chose an appointee of Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday to take over as its chairman. The Democratic governor appointed Dan Richard to the California High-Speed Rail Authority … Continue reading
Live: Amid Much Criticism, California High-Speed Rail Board Meets
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The California High-Speed Rail board is now meeting, opening with a public-comment period. Here's the agenda. WATCH LIVE Yesterday the State Senate approved a bill overhauling the governing authority of the high-speed rail initiative. The bill, SB 517 (which you … Continue reading
DOT Says California Can't Delay 2012 Start to High-Speed Rail Construction
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From AP: Federal officials say that a 2012 deadline to start construction of a multibillion-dollar high-speed rail system in California is firm and can't be postponed. The U.S. Transportation Department said in a letter Wednesday to the California High-Speed Rail … Continue reading
Morning Splash: High-Speed Rail; SF Phone Radiation Law on Hold; Rowdy SJ Cinco de Mayo
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High-speed rail panel rejects Caltrain route plan (SF Chronicle) The California High-Speed Rail Authority has put the brakes on a plan that could stop high-speed trains short of San Francisco's new Transbay Terminal. The authority board told engineers and planners … Continue reading
California High-Speed Rail Board Tables Proposal to Launch Bullet Trains on Caltrain Tracks
Some Peninsula lawmakers have been pressing the California High-Speed Rail Authority to abandon plans to build elevated tracks through the Peninsula and instead integrate the high-speed rail project into the existing Caltrain system. Today the board was to consider a … Continue reading
California to Get Ohio, Wisconsin High-Speed Rail Funds
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From the NY Times: More U.S. Rail Funds for 13 States as 2 Reject Aid Ohio and Wisconsin’s loss of $1.2 billion in federal stimulus money for rail projects will be California, Florida and 11 other states’ gains, federal officials … Continue reading
High-Speed Rail's Central Valley Section: Build It--And Who Will Come?
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In a favorite novel, an Iowa farmer named Ray Kinsella hears a disembodied voice speaking to him from a cornfield. "If you build it, he will come," the voice says. And thus begins a cross-country fantasy that's equal parts baseball … Continue reading
