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Tag Archives: high-speed rail
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
Peninsula Lawmakers Want High-Speed Rail to Run on Caltrain Tracks
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Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and state Sen Joe Simitian of Palo Alto, and state Assemblyman Rich Gordon of Los Altos held a joint press conference today calling for the California High-Speed Rail Authority to abandon plans to build elevated tracks through … Continue reading
Morning Splash: More High-Speed Rail Funds Cut; SF Municipal Bonds Downgraded
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Elimination of U.S. high-speed rail funds endangers California's project (San Jose Mercury News) In another swift blow to California's $43 billion high-speed rail plan, federal officials Tuesday stripped all proposed funds for the mega-project this year — casting more doubt … Continue reading
Saturday Splash: Committees OK Guv's Budget Plan; Rail-Board Members Under Attack
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Jerry Brown's budget proposals pass committees (SF Chronicle) Less than six weeks after Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his budget proposal, a nearly identical plan passed key committees in both houses of the Legislature on Friday. The plan to close what … 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
