Recent Streetsblog SF posts about High-Speed Rail

A French high-speed train travelling at 200 mph, drawing electric power from the overhead wire. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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SoCal Lawmakers Still Grasping at HSR Funds

By Roger Rudick | May 5, 2020 | No Comments

Even in the time of COVID-19, some Los Angeles politicians still really, really want to divert $4.8 billion slated for the electrification of California's High-speed Rail Project to unspecified upgrades to Metrolink, Southern California's commuter rail network.

Recent photos of HSR construction, a viaduct in Wasco

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High-Speed Rail Update: Support for Project Grows

By Roger Rudick | Feb 18, 2020 | No Comments

Actually, support has been flat since 2008, but if the LA Times can make up headlines, why can't Streetsblog? Plus politicians again float red-herring transfer argument to rob HSR electrification funds

The San Joaquin River Viaduct, part of the creation of the ROW for California High-speed Rail. Photo: CaHSRA

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HSR Critics Watch Too Much TV

By Roger Rudick | Jan 6, 2020 | No Comments

Are High-speed rail critics really this clueless about how new rail lines are built?

Overhead electrification in Connecticut. Southern California politicians are still gaslighting to try and grab the money for electrifying the Central Valley rail line. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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HSR Money-Grab Based on Outdated Regs

By Roger Rudick | Dec 10, 2019 | No Comments

A followup on the gaslighting and attempts to grab money from electrification of the Central Valley HSR Spine

HSR construction in the Central Valley. Photo: CaHSRA

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Skirmish Over High-Speed Rail Funds

By Roger Rudick | Dec 3, 2019 | No Comments

At Assembly Transportation Committee hearing, parochial discussions continue about transferring money to Southern California commuter rail

A recent NBC report repeats the "train to nowhere" lie that the state is building an orphan line from Bakersfield to Merced. Image: NBC Bay Area

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High-Speed Rail Reporter Can’t Read a Map

By Roger Rudick | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

NBC affiliate doesn't know there's already a train from Bay Area to Merced? And the LA Times repeats nonsense about battery powered high-speed trains

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