A new blog about CAHSR
The success of high-speed rail in California ... is based more on Valley ridershipthan going from Los Angeles to San Francisco. That's one of the reasons state transportation officials ... must consider the Altamont Pass as the primary corridor ...
"Governor and Legislature a clear message that they wanted gasoline sales tax revenues to be used for transportation, rather than the General Fund. They even amended the state constitution by passing Proposition 1A."
Governor Schwarzenegger is on the verge of destroying the most important transportation project for the state of California, and it may be because of a misunderstanding.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should do more than just get on board the state's proposed high-speed rail plan. He should become the bullet train's engineer. Instead, he's paying it lip service and playing political games with its funding.
The State Legislature is poised to rebuke Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for his obstructionism in the creation of a much-needed high-speed rail system for California (see "The Silver Bullet Train," 4/18/07).
Two-thirds of California's congressional delegation has signed a letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger supporting much more funding for the state's proposed high-speed rail system than the governor's budget proposed.
The Legislature is poised to rebuke Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's obstructionism on creating a much-needed high-speed rail system for California.
Traveling in California this holiday weekend, it certainly would be convenient, even fun, to step aboard a 200-mph bullet train and zip around in quiet comfort.
An Assembly budget subcommittee approved $50 million to run the High Speed Rail Authority in 2007-08. A Senate budget subcommittee had approved $40 million Tuesday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has recommended $1.7 million.
Anaheim through the Central Valley to the Bay Area was selected today as the first phase for construction of the statewide high-speed train network, in a decision by the California High-Speed Rail Authority during its monthly meeting.
A Senate subcommittee has approved a 45-point-2 million dollar budget for California's high-speed rail project. That would give the state's high-speed rail board 40 million more than the Governor proposed but less than half the funding the board requested
High-speed rail is looking like a necessity for California. It is indeed an ambitious project -- it would be the largest public works project in the history of California -- but the infrastructure problems that California faces need bold solutions.
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The governor's new budget doesn't offer the financial good news backers of the bullet train proposal were hoping for...
I recently wrote to Governor Schwarzenegger regarding the California High Speed Rail(HSR) initiative that's been in limbo for some years now. ... Below is my letter and the canned response.
Granted, more needs to be done to create a detailed financial proposal for the project, but Schwarzenegger should have allocated more money to the Authority to start.
California is a big State with too many cars. High Speed rail could take travellers from the northern part of the state to the south quickly. Gas prices continue to rise and so does the need to fight global warming.
That seems like a lot of money but 'HSR will cost only half as much to build than the same capacity in roads and air alone, and will require less land, affect fewer natural resources, and will encourage more compact urban development.
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Please note: this website is still under construction. Thanks.
Watch this video - this is the easiest way to learn about the project: