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California High Speed Rail

SETTLED: Huge Victory For High-Speed Rail

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 04.19.2013 | San Francisco

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California agency overseeing the state's effort to build the nation's first high-speed rail line received a boost Thursday w...

Bullet Train Costs Soar Again

San Jose Mercury News | Mike Rosenberg | Posted 04.03.2013 | San Francisco

SACRAMENTO -- While much of the squabbling over California's high-speed rail project has focused on its huge construction price tag, the cost to taxpa...

Full Steam Ahead!

Los Angeles Daily News | Posted 03.30.2013 | Los Angeles

Poised to break ground on the nation's first bullet train this summer, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is riding high on a report from a cong...

High Speed Rail's Ruthless Move

Aaron Sankin | Posted 03.29.2013 | San Francisco

California's High Speed Rail Authority has thrown down the gauntlet. The state agency tasked with creating of one of the largest (and most controv...

Good News For High Speed Rail

Palo Alto Daily News, Calif. | Bonnie Eslinger | Posted 05.19.2013 | San Francisco

At a special meeting Monday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority board approved an agreement that underscores its commitment to run the state's f...

High-Speed Rail Officials On Project Uncertainties: YOLO

Ventura County Star | Timm Herdt | Posted 04.28.2013 | Los Angeles

SACRAMENTO -- The state's High-Speed Rail Authority has nearly doubled the size of its staff in the past six months and expects the first phase of con...

High-Speed Rail Faces A New Hurdle

The Fresno Bee | Tim Sheehan | Posted 02.25.2013 | San Francisco

Real estate attorneys are seizing a monumental opportunity as California lumbers ahead with its high-speed rail plans in the central San Joaquin Valle...

High Speed Rail Dodges A Bullet

The Fresno Bee | Tim Sheehan | Posted 01.17.2013 | San Francisco

SACRAMENTO -- California's proposed bullet train dodged a bullet Friday when a judge denied a request to block work on the high-speed rail section bet...

Bullet Train Faces Crucial Court Ruling

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 01.16.2013 | San Francisco

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A judge denied a request Friday from Central Valley farmers who sought to halt work on California's ambitious high-speed ra...

Can High-Speed Rail Help The Homeless?

The Fresno Bee | Tim Sheehan | Posted 01.15.2013 | San Francisco

Job-creation advocates in Fresno said they moved a step closer Wednesday to ensuring that local workers who need a job can compete for one building Ca...

What Will High-Speed Rail Look Like?

The Fresno Bee | Tim Sheehan | Posted 01.01.2013 | San Francisco

The California High-Speed Rail Authority is pushing back Friday's deadline for bids to design and build the first stretch of high-speed rail line thro...

WOW: SF To LA In 30 Minutes?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 09.25.2012 | San Francisco

Elon Musk is nothing if not ambitious. The billionaire tech entrepreneur who co-founded PayPal in 1998 and sits at the forefront of a whole bevvy...

Construction Of CA High Speed Rail Approved

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.19.2012 | San Francisco

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Federal Railroad Administration gave its approval Wednesday for construction on the first phase of California's high-speed r...

Railway To Sin City? Bullet Train Proposal Would Extend To Vegas

Aaron Sankin | Posted 07.30.2012 | San Francisco

It's been difficult enough for California to build a bullet train between San Francisco and Los Angeles. But a Nevada-based group is looking create an...

Historic Signing At Union Station

AP | BY MICHAEL R. BLOOD and JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 09.17.2012 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Jerry Brown gave his approval Wednesday to spending billions of dollars in government money for a high-speed rail line that still ...

California Makes High-Speed History

Reuters | Posted 09.17.2012 | San Francisco

By Mary Slosson SACRAMENTO, July 18 (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed an initial funding...

Are Californians Saying 'Meh' To High-Speed Rail?

AP | HANNAH DREIER | Posted 09.08.2012 | Los Angeles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers may have given their OK to what could be the nation's first high-speed rail line, but the project is s...

APPROVED: Funding For CA High Speed Rail OKed By Senate

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 09.05.2012 | San Francisco

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers approved billions of dollars Friday in construction financing for the initial segment of the nation's ...

High Speed Rail Faces Crucial Vote

AP | Posted 08.31.2012 | San Francisco

By JUDY LIN, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Jerry Brown's ambitious plan to start building the nation's first dedicated high-spee...

A Take Out Order of the Westside Subway Extension

Joel Epstein | Posted 06.26.2012 | Los Angeles
Joel Epstein

With the Rampture upon us and street services repaving the street I live on, even though my stretch seems just fine, I have been challenged of late to see the L.A. transportation glass as mostly full.

'A Political Mistake': Governor Backs Away From Bullet Train Fight

| Posted 08.21.2012 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams Gov. Jerry Brown backed away from a fight with environmentalists yester...

California Bullet Train Officials Face Tough Questions Over Speed

| Posted 08.13.2012 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams California’s $68 billion bullet train is supposed to travel from San ...

Get Ready For A Traffic Nightmare Of Epic Proportions

Aaron Sankin | Posted 06.12.2012 | San Francisco

After years of intense planning, San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency is scheduled to begin work on the tunnel for the controversial Centra...

A High-Speed Lawsuit? Rail Authority's Email Policy Ignites Firestorm

| Posted 07.21.2012 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams A congressional committee is investigating California's $68 billion bul...

Officials Defend Cost Of High-Speed Rail

| Posted 07.04.2012 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams A report that warned of huge operating deficits for California's bullet...