Editorial: The LA Times Fails to Cover Major Court Victory for High-Speed Rail
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An open letter to the LA Times, courtesy of Streetsblog
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about High-Speed Rail
San Francisco CTA Approves Pennsylvania Alignment for Caltrain Extension
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But there are still arcane bureaucratic hurdles, not to mention billions of dollars in funding, to get the tunnel to Transbay built
Update on Plans to Get Trains into Transbay
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The San Francisco Planning Department will be presenting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors with updated plans for getting trains from the Caltrain corridor into the lower level of the Transbay Transit Center.
Fate of Caltrain Electrification Hangs on Trump’s Budget
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There will be many news stories generated by the announcement of the details of President Donald Trump's proposed budget next month. In advance of the announcement, the campaign to preserve funding for the electrification of Caltrain is working with advocates around the state and country to preserve a nearly $650 million grant agreement scuttled by the Trump Administration in February.
Did Some Political Pork Give a Boost to High-Speed Rail?
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It took a bunch of compromises, but Governor Brown passed his $52 billion transportation bill, which included a gas tax increase. To make the political math work, Brown had to get the vote of one Republican. That Republican was Anthony Canella from Ceres, who was promised $500 million in local spending. $400 million of that is […]
Is the Caltrain Downtown Extension in Jeopardy too?
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Today, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a story that made it appear that San Francisco County Transportation Authority (CTA) Chairman Aaron Peskin wants to shelve the downtown extension of Caltrain, now that the Trump Administration seems to have jammed up funding for Caltrain electrification. From the Chronicle story: …without an electrified Caltrain line, there can […]