Forget High Speed Rail, Let’s Have High Speed Buses


Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan

I would put this up there with China’s proposal for huge buses that allow cars to drive under them, but it’s still worth a good laugh. Who needs shoulders on highways anyway?!

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Today’s Headlines

By Matthew Roth |
Listen to this In-Depth Crosscurrents Report on High Speed Rail (KALW) Newsom Conducts 5th Doyle Drive/Presidio Parkway Groundbreaking (SF Gate, Marin IJ, Examiner) Target Could Come to Geary and Masonic and to Metreon (Examiner, ABC) CPMC Long-Range Development Plans Released (SocketSite) More on BART Vote for Fare Reduction Riders Don’t Want (CoCo Times) AC Transit […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
Governor Schwarzenegger a “Formidable Weapon” in Fight Against Prop. 23 (Merc) More Bicyclists on the Streets Means Safety in Numbers (Grist) Roadshow: Drivers Attempt to Get Around Cell Phone Law by Using Speaker Redwood City Likely to Welcome High-Speed Rail Station (Merc) Sacramento Regional Transit GM Rides Light-Rail, Buses to Get Rider Feedback (Sac Bee) […]

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 […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
If Nat Ford Left the SFMTA, He Would “Leave a Mixed Legacy” (SF Examiner) Big Rig Crashes Into Muni LRV, Injuring Six People at 3rd and 23rd Streets (SF Exam) Mechanical Problem on L-Taraval Train Causes Muni Metro Delays (SF Examiner, BCN via Appeal) James Fang: “Maintaining Funding for Transit Key to Healthy State Economy” […]

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick |
SFMTA to Compromise Transit First and Safety Measures on Mission (SFExaminer) More on Guerrilla Safety Improvements (SFist) More on Stockton Street (SFChron) SF Supes Wrangle over Governor’s By Right Housing Bill (SFExaminer) Seasonal Dip in Housing but Still More Inventory than Last Year (Socketsite) On Operating BART (SFChron) Goodbye to SF Gas Stations (ABC7) More […]
The Part-Dieu high-speed rail station and surrounding district in Lyon, France. Photo: Jacques Leone/German Marshall Fund
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Talking Headways Podcast: How France Makes High-Speed Rail Meld With Cities

By Jeff Wood |
As France develops its high-speed rail network, the areas around stations are treated not just as transportation initiatives but as city-building projects. This discussion centers on how public agencies plan high-speed rail station areas in France, integration of the stations into districts as a whole, and the importance of a comprehensive vision for integrating transportation and land use in the station district.