Editorial: My French Teacher and California High-Speed Rail
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Reflections on being trapped in a recurring nightmare of misinformation about rail
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about CAHSRA
High-Speed Rail’s Central Valley Segment is Already Connected to Bay Area
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HSR trains can immediately through-run to Bay Area and Sacramento on existing tracks
High Speed Rail Will Take People out of Electric Cars?
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Latest oil-industry funded editorial reaches new levels of silly
Notes on New High-Speed Rail Business Plan
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Extending the Caltrain electrification project from San Jose to Gilroy, finishing the 119-mile Central Valley line spine of the system for interim rail service improvements by 2022, and pushing ahead with tunnel design and engineering in the Pacheco Pass–these were just a few of the goals outlined in the California High Speed Rail Authority’s (CaHSRA) […]
Design of High-Speed Trains Threatens to Diminish Caltrain Capacity
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The insistence of California High Speed Rail officials on running trains with floors 50 inches above the tracks threatens to reduce the capacity of Caltrain and hamper the benefits of level boarding for the commuter rail agency. Last Tuesday, Caltrain officials gave an update on the electric trains the agency plans to purchase next year, which will […]
CA High-Speed Rail Breaks Ground in Fresno
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California signaled its commitment to high-speed rail with a groundbreaking Tuesdayday in Fresno. The ceremony, featuring a speech by Governor Jerry Brown, marks the official beginning of construction on the long-awaited train. It also puts California on track to be the first state in the nation to build high-speed rail. That depends on how you […]