Recent Streetsblog SF posts about CAHSRA

Updated Report Shows CAHSR’s GHG Reductions Less Costly Than Thought

By Melanie Curry | Apr 9, 2014 | No Comments

UCLA’s Lewis Center revised some of the estimates in its recent report comparing the costs of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using California high-speed rail to those of bike, pedestrian, and local transit projects. The report’s authors found that high-speed rail is not as expensive as an emission reduction as they first thought. The update makes several adjustments to […]

Senate Committee Grills CA High-Speed Rail Authority on Its Funding Plan

By Melanie Curry | Apr 1, 2014 | No Comments

Doubts about the High Speed Rail Authority’s ability to fund its estimated $68 billion program dominated last week’s Senate Transportation and Housing Committee hearing (see the background report in this PDF). Committee Chair Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) said he was “somewhat skeptical” about the Authority’s 2014 Draft Business Plan and questioned CAHSRA CEO Jeff Morales on […]

Report: In Cutting Emissions, CAHSR Expensive Compared to Local Upgrades

By Melanie Curry | Mar 25, 2014 | No Comments

Streetfilms featured Los Angeles’ Orange Line BRT and bike path in 2009. A new UCLA report says infrastructure projects like the Orange Line are a better way to invest cap-and-trade funds than CA High-Speed Rail. UCLA’s Lewis Center published a report yesterday finding that California’s High-Speed Rail project is a relatively expensive way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) […]

Why CA High-Speed Rail Isn’t as Doomed as Media Reports Say It Is

By Roger Rudick | Dec 9, 2013 | No Comments

Last week, the media reported, once again, that the California High-Speed Rail project is in its death throes. The latest batch of articles are based on a Nov. 25 decision by Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny, in which he ordered the CAHSR Authority to revise a 2011 funding plan before it issues state bonds under […]

Will Technology Save Us From Another Train Crash Like Spain’s?

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 31, 2013 | No Comments

The Spanish train crash in Santiago de Compostela that killed 79 people last week has sparked questions about whether high-speed rail is safe. In fact, it’s among the safest ways to travel, and technology that already exists can make the type of human error that led to tragedy in Spain nearly a non-issue. Future high-speed […]

A Straighter Extension of Caltrain/HSR Into Downtown SF: Is It Worth It?

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 27, 2013 | 18 Comments

By 2029, San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center — which has been called the “Grand Central of the West” — will allow people to hop on an electrified Caltrain to San Jose and high-speed rail down to Southern California from the same platform. That’s the vision, at least, of planners working on the extension of Caltrain […]

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