Recent Streetsblog LA posts about High Speed Rail

Transportation Priorities Jostle for CA’s Cap-and-Trade Revenue

By Melanie Curry | Mar 21, 2014 | 18 Comments

A series of hearings in Sacramento have been revisiting California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, Assembly Bill (A.B.) 32, which calls for a statewide reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) to 1990 levels by 2020. Two recent hearings have opened discussions of Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed spending plan for the revenue received so far from the state’s […]

California High Speed Rail: Media Piling-on Continues, as Does the Project

By Roger Rudick | Dec 9, 2013 | 17 Comments

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

Unreasonable? Cap. Hill Republicans Use Flawed Report to Hit XpressWest

By Damien Newton | Mar 18, 2013 | 17 Comments

Last August, the Reason Foundation released a report by Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore critiquing the privately funded XpressWest’s (Xpress) application for a federal loan needed to begin construction. At the time, Streetsblog was still so busy laughing at Reason’s attempts to discredit the Expo Line based on two dudes riding the car its first week of […]

Cartoon Friday: All Aboard!

By Damien Newton | Feb 1, 2013 | 1 Comment

Advocates for High Speed Rail, especially those that read the independent California High Speed Rail Blog, have long complained that the Los Angeles Times has it in for what the paper of record constantly refers to as “the Bullet Train.” Indeed, every time I hear KFI conservative shock jocks John and Ken act shocked that […]

“Brown Doggle?” Efforts to Use HSR as Cudgel Against CA Dems. Fizzle

By Damien Newton | Nov 8, 2012 | 9 Comments

“The Browndoggle.” Opponents of Governor Jerry Brown and the California Democratic Party have been slamming the California High Speed Rail Authority for years. The political strategy seemed to be working. Four years after voters approved a tax increase to fund a segment of what was promised to be a high speed train connecting Sacramento to […]

Undocumented Immigrants Can Get Drivers Licenses, New Regulations for “Buy Here Pay Here” and Other News out of Sacramento

By Damien Newton | Oct 1, 2012 | 6 Comments

In addition to the mixed news on legislation impacting bicyclists, Governor Brown acted on many other pieces of legislation that will have a direct impact on transportation planning and public safety. Governor Signs Law Allowing Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain Drivers Licenses Perhaps the most controversial action the Governor took last week will allow many undocumented […]

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