CA High-Speed Rail Authority (CAHSRA)

The California Post tabloid newspaper arrives, and so does sensationalized criticism of California High-Speed Rail.

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California high-speed rail’s biggest unresolved problem is not in the Central Valley. It is south of Palmdale. Under current plans, high-speed trains are expected to reach San Francisco by 2039 while stopping short in Southern California, leaving Palmdale as the southern terminus for an indefinite period. That outcome would force passengers onto a timed Metrolink…

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The 30-mile project section runs from LAUS to ARTIC and would follow an existing passenger and freight rail corridor, passing through parts of Los Angeles County and several Orange and Los Angeles County cities including Vernon, Commerce, Pico Rivera, Norwalk, Buena Park, Fullerton, and Anaheim.

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High-speed rail in the Central Valley by 2032, to the Bay by 2038, and to L.A. by...sometime...

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High Speed Rail has only become a partisan in recent years. But under Trump, it's become hyper-partisan.

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In case you haven't heard, this is getting built with or without the feds -- and the Armchair Urbanist has some ideas on how to get it done faster that don't involve changing the alignment

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