High Speed Rail: The View from Monterey
This week’s Monterey County Weekly has an excellent cover story on the high speed rail project. It’s written from the point of view of we who live in Monterey County, which is valuable because the line...
View ArticleHSR Seizes European Short Haul Market
So reports The Times today on how soaring fuel costs are driving passengers to high speed trains: The airline industry has been crushed by the price of kerosene and deserted by passengers fed up with...
View ArticleTo BART Or Not To BART
That is the question posed by rafael in the post below which explores the impact of Measure B’s narrow failure (based on the most recent results) on BART, Caltrain and our high speed rail project. Take...
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HiSpeed Services and Branding
by Rafael Conventional wisdom has it that HSR in California equals long-distance trains from Northern to Southern California. However, just because trains can cross mountains doesn’t mean that...
View ArticleThursday Open Thread
Busy day here, and my train-related thoughts are currently occupied with a meeting this evening at Monterey City Hall on the debate between building light rail or bus rapid transit along the Monterey...
View ArticleHow Gilroy Will Benefit From High Speed Rail
Some of the cities that will benefit most from high speed rail will be those in between the major cities. Fresno, Merced, and Bakersfield will all be transformed into important, prosperous cities tied...
View ArticleIf At First You Sue and Don’t Win, Try and Try Again
Three years after filing a frivolous lawsuit against the California High Speed Rail Authority, two years after they largely lost that case, and one year after they failed to get it reopened, a group of...
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