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Letter to Speaker Rendon: Stop Blocking Bullet Train
By Roger Rudick |
Advocates renew pressure on California high-speed rail obstructionists to follow the will of the people
Op-Ed: Electric Cars Are Not the Solution to Runaway Gas Prices
By Roger Dickinson and Josh Meyer |
We need healthier, more affordable communities that are built for people, not cars.
State Budget Agreement Includes HSR Bonds and a $1.05 Billion ATP Bump
By Melanie Curry |
This seemingly sudden agreement on high-speed rail is a little anti-climactic, if welcome.
California Voters (Still) Want their Bullet Train
By Roger Rudick |
56 percent of voters support continuing to build the state's high-speed rail system, with only 35 percent opposed, according to a new study from Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies.
SPUR Talk: High-Speed Rail on its Way to Northern California
By Roger Rudick |
High-Speed Rail construction is well underway in the Central Valley, said Ben Tripousis, Northern California Regional Director for the California High Speed Rail Authority, during a forum at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association’s (SPUR) Mission Street center. “The High-Speed Rail question has shifted from ‘if’ to ‘when,'” he told the packed house at today’s […]