More rail $$ for 13 states as 2 reject aid
Michael Cooper - 12/09/2010
Ohio and Wisconsin's loss of $1.2 billion in federal stimulus money for rail projects will be California, Florida and 11 other states' gain.

State to receive more high-speed rail funds
Michael Doyle - 12/09/2010
California's high-speed rail plan will receive up to $624 million in additional federal funds, Transportation Department officials announced Thursday.

State gets extra $624M for high-speed rail
Staff - 12/09/2010
California will receive an additional $624 million in high-speed rail money after the government pulled Wisconsin and Ohio's funding for rail projects in those states.

State HSR gets $624M but future funding cut
Mike Rosenberg - 12/09/2010
California inched closer to funding a high-speed railway Thursday by winning a grant of up to $624 million from the federal government.

Groups ask feds pull California HSR funds
Mike Rosenberg - 12/08/2010
The latest hurdle thrown in the path of California's high-speed rail project arrived Wednesday when a statewide group of minority-owned companies and small businesses demanded the federal government pull $3 billion from the initiative.

HSR faces civil rights complaint
Zusha Elinson - 12/08/2010
The state's much-slapped-about high-speed rail project received another black eye Wednesday as minority contractors filed a civil rights complaint.

SJ Council urges tunnel for high-speed rail
John Woolfolk - 12/08/2010
San Jose officials urged the state rail authority Tuesday to continue studying an underground tunnel option for a proposed high-speed rail line into San Jose.

Chinese rail lays tracks to US
Liu Linlin, Zou Le - 12/08/2010
China is now the proud possessor of the world's longest high-speed railway network, with a combined track length of 7,531 kilometers, where trains could soon thunder along at close to 600 kilometers per hour, the Ministry of Railways and train manufacturers said Tuesday.

California HSR slammed by peer review
Bob Morris - 12/08/2010
An ad-hoc group of transportation experts, headed by former state director of transportation Will Kempton, slammed the California High Speed Rail Authority saying it needed "a thorough reassessment of a number of critical engineering, financial, economic and managerial issues."

High-speed rail urged to rethink planning
Michael Cabanatuan - 12/07/2010
California's nascent high-speed rail program "needs a thorough reassessment" of how it is being planned and managed, a peer review group has concluded.

HSR: Central Valley Route, AB 3034 Violations
Kathy Hamilton - 12/07/2010
As expected, December 3rd, the High Speed Rail Authority voted to begin the HSR project on the hybrid selection, labeled option 1, between Borden and Corcoran using federal and state matching funds amounting to $4.33 billion dollars.

Redwood City will sue HSR if it has to
Bonnie Eslinger - 12/07/2010
Redwood City's mayor suggested Monday a lawsuit was possible if the state's high-speed rail authority didn't improve communications with the city.

Group blasts high-speed rail plan
Aaron Selverston - 12/07/2010
Adding to a growing chorus of experts sounding off against the California High-Speed Rail Authority's plan for the statewide bullet train, an independent review group said in a letter released Monday that planning and managing the project will be a "daunting task under the best of circumstances."

Keep digging for best high-speed rail options
Henry Cord, Pete Kolstad - 12/07/2010
How often has some government authority told us "We can't do it," but the public persisted and it got done after all?

Panel raises concerns about bullet train
Rich Connell - 12/07/2010
A sweeping independent assessment of the state's proposed $43-billion high-speed train is delivering a sober warning that financial, planning and staffing challenges must be swiftly addressed if the project is to succeed.

Experts criticize high-speed rail financial plan
Mike Rosenberg - 12/06/2010
As California prepares to start construction on its $43 billion high-speed railroad, another group of experts has cast doubt on whether the project can succeed.

Talks on downtown high speed rail begin
Tracy Seipel - 12/06/2010
Mention the words "high speed rail'' to some San Jose residents and business owners, and the image of an ugly aerial track comes to mind.

Hill writes HSR conflict of interest law
Laura Dudnick - 12/05/2010
Assemblymember Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, on Monday will introduce new legislation that would require California High-Speed Rail Authority board members publicly declare any potential conflicts of interest during a meeting.

Is High-Speed Rail in America's future?
Fred Yager - 12/05/2010
The debate over whether America should invest in a high speed rail service continues to be hotly contested and as usual it has become a political battle pitting Republicans against Democrats and Washington against state governments.

Despite it all, we must get on with rail
Editorial Board - 12/04/2010
High-Speed Rail Authority has decided phase one, now let's get the project built across state.