Recent Streetsblog SF posts about CAHSRA

Caltrain and High-Speed Rail Pursue Level Boarding, Compatible Platforms

By Andrew Boone | Oct 7, 2014 | 23 Comments

Correction 10/8: Caltrain and the CAHSRA haven’t agreed to create a joint specification for train cars, but will explore options for platform compatibility. Officials representing Caltrain and the California High-Speed Rail Authority recently announced that they’ll work closely together over the next several months to explore what options are available from train car manufacturers to allow for level […]

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Supes Stand Up to Transbay Developers, Approve Original Rail Funding Deal

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 24, 2014 | 8 Comments

The Board of Supervisors yesterday unanimously approved the original agreement to fund Transbay District transportation upgrades, like the downtown rail extension to the Transbay Transit Center, through development charges. Although supervisors had announced a compromise agreement two weeks ago, some developers apparently backed out of it. City Hall officials decided to move forward with the original agreement, […]

Developers Don’t Want to Pay for Caltrain/HSR Extension to Transbay Center

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 5, 2014 | 24 Comments

Developers who are building towers around the Transbay Transit Center in SoMa are fighting to reduce a special property tax that will be levied on developments in the area. The biggest loser could be the downtown rail extension to bring Caltrain and California high-speed rail into the terminal, as more of the funds for the […]

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Appeals Court Lifts Bond Restrictions on CAHSR, Funding Picture Clears

By Roger Rudick | Aug 1, 2014 | No Comments

A California Court of Appeals has removed the most significant legal impediment threatening California’s High-Speed Rail project. The unanimous decision of the three-judge panel, rendered on Thursday, reversed Judge Michael Kenny’s Nov. 25, 2013 ruling, which had blocked the state from issuing bonds under Prop. 1A, the High Speed Rail Act of 2008. Justice Vance Ray, the […]

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Deal Reached on CA’s Cap-and-Trade Spending Plan

By Melanie Curry | Jun 13, 2014 | No Comments

Earlier this evening, the bicameral Budget Conference Committee approved a compromise between state legislators and Governor Brown on how to spend $850 million in revenues from the state’s cap-and-trade system for the next fiscal year. The new plan largely stuck to the Governor’s original proposal for the first year of the expenditure plan, but it […]

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CA High-Speed Rail Authority Certifies EIR for Fresno-to-Bakersfield Segment

By Melanie Curry | May 7, 2014 | No Comments

The California High Speed Rail Authority (CAHSRA) Board voted unanimously today to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the project segment between Fresno and Bakersfield in the Central Valley. This section of CAHSR can now move to the “final design” stage that precedes construction. This is the second segment of the project to have […]

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