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Tag Archives: high-speed rail
Report: Calif. High-Speed Rail Budget Assumes Historically Low Operating Costs
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From California Watch By hitting the reset button, Gov. Jerry Brown bought some time for the embattled California high-speed rail plan. In recent months, the CEO of the controversial project resigned. Brown installed Dan Richard, an official with political and … Continue reading
LAO Calls New High-Speed Rail Plan 'Highly Speculative'
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state's nonpartisan analyst says the latest proposal to build a $68.4 billion high-speed train system linking Northern and Southern California is still too vague. The Legislative Analyst's Office on Tuesday recommended that lawmakers not approve … Continue reading
Revised High-Speed Rail Plan Heads to the Legislature
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The High-Speed Rail Authority unanimously approved a revised business plan Thursday afternoon in San Francisco. Board members voted 6-0, with one absent vote, to trim costs by about $30 billion. The project is now estimated to cost about $68.4 billion … Continue reading
Interview: New California High-Speed Rail Chairman Dan Richard Makes His Case
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In January, two top executives from the California High-Speed Rail Authority, Chairman Tom Umberg and CEO Roelof van Ark, stepped down amid a brutal run of negative reports by government watchdog agencies — assessments that lent ammunition to charges by … 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
State Auditor Report Questions High-Speed Rail Funding, Oversight, Ridership Projections
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Being a high-speed rail official getting that first glimpse of yet another government report on the project must be like Kyle Williams opening up an email with the subject line: "Your performance in the NFC Championship." To the growing library … Continue reading
Video Report: California High-Speed Rail Under Siege
On Wednesday, in his State of the State address, Governor Jerry Brown gave a rousing defense of California's beleaguered high-speed rail project. From the New York Times on Thursday: Mr. Brown championed the rail project at a time when it … Continue reading
California High-Speed Rail CEO Resigns
From our L.A. Bureau Chief Krissy Clark: CEO of #ca high speed rail authority is stepping down.Just announced at hsr board meeting @kqednews — krissy clark (@kristianiaclark) January 12, 2012 More from the Sacramento Bee: Roelof van Ark, chief … Continue reading
High-Speed Rail Officials: It's Now or Never
Officials with the state's High Speed Rail Authority say it's now or never for the plan to build a bullet train from San Francisco to LA. That's in response to an internal watchdog group's report, issued Tuesday, which recommended holding … Continue reading
California High-Speed Rail Watchdog Says Construction Would Be 'Immense Financial Risk' to State
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A California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group report is highly skeptical of the agency's plans going forward. KQED's John Myers reports: A panel of independent reviewers says that without more certainty on funding and operations, any start to construction of … Continue reading
