Recent Streetsblog SF posts about High speed rail

Overhead electrification in Connecticut. Why are so many politicians opposed to this? Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Editorial: Own it, L.A. Politicians–You’re Trying to Kill California’s Bullet Train

By Roger Rudick | Jun 30, 2021 | No Comments

L.A.'s supposedly 'environmentalist' politicians just signed a letter proving once and for all that they want HSR dead in its tracks

Amtrak's newest HSR is capable of over 200 mph but, as yet, there's no place in the U.S. with tracks that permit such high speeds. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Bullet Trains and the Future of Passenger Rail

By Roger Rudick | Mar 30, 2021 | No Comments

Seminar looks at California's HSR project, the Biden Administration, and passenger trains in America

A recent image of the Wasco viaduct, one of the many construction sites that are part of California HSR. Photo: CAHSRA

HSR Work Continues–as Does the L.A. Times’s Catastrophization

By Roger Rudick | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

Plus a call for the paper's many unnamed "sources" to get in touch with Streetsblog

Another view of HSR work in Fresno. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Notes on New High-Speed Rail Business Plan

By Roger Rudick | Mar 22, 2018 | 37 Comments

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) […]